The presence of man is indicated contemporaneously with 

 the building up of the lower portions of the sandhill by the 

 pockets and thin layers of Unio shells referred to above, but 

 only as an occasional visitor. It seems probable that the 

 utilization of this ground as a burying-place was long anterior 

 to its becoming a regular camping-ground, as it is not likely 

 that the aboriginals would bury their dead where they lighted 

 their camp fires. There seems to be three successive periods 

 indicated by the section: — (a) An early evidence of man's 

 presence before the period of many burials, when he occa- 

 sionally visited the spot and .ate his meals; (b) a period of 

 crowded burials in which the sandhill became disturbed by 

 digging graves ; (c) a comparatively late period, when pro- 

 bably the remembrance of the burials had passed from the 

 mind of the local tribe, as shown by the selection of this 

 site for a camp, which must have been frequently visited. 



Position and Attitude of the Skeletons. 



Unfortunately that part of the ground in which the 

 skeletons occurred most numerously and in closest juxta- 

 position had been disturbed by the workmen before the 

 arrival of Mr. Zietz on the field. Bones and earth had been 

 picked down together in a confused mass, and in consequence, 

 so far as these skeletons were concerned, both the identity of 

 individuals and the opportunity of noting their positions and 

 -attitude were lost. As already stated, Mr. Zietz rescued as 

 many as possible of the bones that had been previously 

 removed under such unfavourable circumstances, and he was 

 able, also, to take care that those subsequently exposed were 

 removed with proper precaution. The skeletons, however, 

 never again occurred in such remarkable profusion as before 

 his arrival. 



Fortunately Mr. J. T. S. Bott, a resident in the locality 

 for many years, was present from the time of the first ex- 

 posure of the bones, and for what I have to say under the 

 present heading I am chiefly indebted either to his informa- 

 tion or to the observations of Mr. Zietz, who, though coming 

 later on the scene, made the best use of his opportunities. 

 The great bulk of the bones were found at the level Of the 

 bottom of red sand, lying just above the travertine ba.nd, 

 and the majority were concentrated within an area of about 

 50 x 30 ft., situated a little to the south of the centre of the 

 rise. In the case, however, of one skeleton that was removed 

 during my first visit — and there were a few others of which 

 iihe same may be said — the hole made for their reception 

 had penetrated the travertine, and the bones lay at this level 

 or even partly below the latter. At this place the travertine 



