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genuineness of the discovery. The bottom of the shaft, however, he 
been unable to examine, owing to the presence of pipa which could 
be oai without considerable ‘expense. This will be done ata 
aak to arrive in time to be hR at this meeting, but which 
been delayed by some accident. The evidence in regard to the au 
ticity of the skull was ‘aia before the Association, in order that every 
might judge for himself as to its fulness and reliability. An anatomical 
description of the skull, and the bones found associated with it, by Pro- 
fessor J. Wyman, was incorporated in this paper, from which it appeared 
that it was very cena related in its character t that of the craniaof — 
his hands by gentlemen known to himself as men of veracity, an and that his — 
parison of the condition of the skull, as it appeared when it came into his 
hand, with the statements of Messrs. Matteson & Scribner as to the local- 
ity in which it was found. anything 
Professor Whitney insisted most strongly that, apart from jemon: 
connected with this skull, the labors of the Survey had clearly l 
strated the fact, that man, and the mastodon, and elephant, had been: 
The portion of Professor Whitney’s paper relating to the $ skull, 
followed by an abstract of the discoveries of the Geological 
California, relating to the animals and plants found in the fresh-water 
tertiary of that State, and the probable geological age of thè —< 
members of this formation, with especial reference to that of the 

*Mr S H Senda hig se Piha Daat of the 
attention wis tion, ae to the Museum oe 



conne 
kod accompanied sch a label of which we made the following copy: 
Skull. From a shaft i ‘in Table Mountain, California, found 180 we? below. oe 
gold drift, jeer rlying strata 
compactness. and a Found, July, 1857. From pi F. wea D. 
ber 10, 185 57.” En 
a Hon. Paul K. Hubbs, State Supt. of Public Instruction, Benicia, Califo 
inslow, August, 1857. ” proad, 
and pe — as. 



5 littl an inch _ , 
and evidently i f f the tal 
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