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area is attested not only by the sandy blue clay but more espe- 

 cially by the abundance of trap bowlders. 



The Farmington highlands had not become much covered 



Fig. 1. 



Fig. 1. Diagram of the Farmington swamp, showing the bones in situ 

 and the trench that led to their discovery. Drawn in absentia, from descrip- 

 tions, sketches, and photographs, by Richard S. Lull. Approximate scale 

 1/8 inch to 1 foot. 



A. Original excavation. B. Subsequent excavation in part. 1, femur ; 

 2, pelvis ; 3, femur ; 4, humerus ; 5, left scapula ; 6, lower jaw ; 7, skull ; 

 8, right scapula ; 9, tusk. 



with vegetation when the proboscidean under discussion died, 

 for not a trace of organic matter or of oxidized till was found 

 beneath the skeleton, and but very little vegetable matter is seen 

 in the slightly modified or oxidized bowlderless clay surround- 



