O. C. Marsh—Foot-prints in Nevada. 139 
Art. XVIIL—On the Supposed Human Foot-prints recently found 
m Nevada; by O. C. MARSH.* 
Carson, Nevada. The locality is in the yard of the State 
prison, and the tracks were uncovered in quarrying stone for 
uilding purposes. Many different kinds of tracks were found, 
some of which were made by an animal allied to the elephant; 
some resembled those of the horse and the deer; others were 
aie a made by a wolf. There were also tracks made by 
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large bir 
Figure 2.—Left foot-print at Carson (after Harkness), One-sixth natural size. 
The foot-prints occur in series, and are all nearly in the same 
horizon. Some of the smaller tracks are sharp and distinct, 
but most of the impressions are indefinite in outline, owing 
’pparently to the fact that the exact surface on which they 
were made is not usually exposed. 
ong Abstract of a paper read before the National Academy of Sciences, at 
ew York, November 17th, 1882, : 
