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MESSRS. ARNOLD-BEMROSE AND DEELET ON [Aug. 1 896, 



2 feet 8 inches. 



2 feet 7 inches. 



•4 inches. 

 1 foot 4 inches. 



2 feet 9 inches. 



fig. 1. 



Surface-soil and clay, with a few quartzite- 

 pebbles. 





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Yellow sandy clay, with a few pebbles near 

 the top ; nearly free at the bottom. 



Yellow, tough clay. 



Blue, tough sandy clay, with rootlets and 

 occasional quartz-pebble. 



Dark-coloured sand containing numerous 

 pebbles, plant-remains, bones of Hippo- 

 potamus, etc. 



River-gravel (not bottomed here), with many 

 limestone- and chert-petbles. 



The above section shows the nature of the deposits passed through. 

 The gravel is similar in character to that covering a large area to 

 the north-east, and is apparently continuous with it. 



The excavations were made to a depth of 9 feet 8 inches, and the 

 beds of clay, sand, and pebbles were unbroken over the area exca- 

 vated. No clear line of demarcation separated adjoining deposits, 

 but the tough sandy clay passed into yellow clay above and dark 

 sand below. The bones were all found in the dark sand resting 

 immediately upon the lower gravel. A sample of the dark sand 

 was dried and the constituents separated in a sieve with meshes 



