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stratum No. 3, lying at the contact line between this and the next older 
stratum. By reference to the general sketch showing the canal banks [fig. 2] 
and to the more detailed sketch [fig. 3] it will be seen that at this place the 
later stream deposits, stratum No. 3 of the section, cuts sharply into the older 
formation, and for a short space cuts entirely through stratum No. 2 and into 
the shell marl beneath. [Figs. 4, 5.] 
The bones from this skeleton were taken from the bank by Ayers, Weills, 
and the writer. In addition to the ulna and humerus, there were obtained 
from cavings from the bank a part of a sphenoid bone, scapula, and a left 
upper incisor, and in place in the bank the left ulna, a femur, radius, base of 
a jaw, parts of the skull, and two metatarsals. The first bone found in place 
was the left ulna, of which the proximal part only was present, although the 
FIG. 3. Ske cb showing the etrata exposed in the south bank of the canal from 452 to 
480 feet west of the bridge. Horizontal and vertical scale, 1 inch equals 4 feet. 
Nos. 1, 2, and 3 in the sketch represent strata 1, 2, and 3, respectively, of the general 
section. At one place near the middle of the exposure stratum No. 2 is cut out by 
stratum No. 3. Ihe dividing line between 2 and 3 here as elsewhere is well marked 
and is unmistakable. Human bones are found in stratum No. 2 at a, this being the 
place from which the writer obtained a human astragalus, an external cuneiform, and 
parts of the pelvis in place, as well as some other bones and flints from siftings. 
At b in this stratum was found a flint spall. A typo specimen of a turtle, Terrapene 
innoxia Hay, was found in this stratum at c. A foot bone of a horse was found at d. 
Other fossils were obtained in this stratum. Bone implements were obtained from the 
sand near a and near d. Stratum No. 3 consists of alternating beds of sand and muck 
which conform to the irregularities of the underlying deposits. Human bones were 
found at the contact line between 2 and 3 at c, f, and y. A number of other bones 
were also found in this stratum lying at or near tfie contact line. This stratum con 
tains also numerous bone implements, pottery, and a few arrowheads and ornaments. 
(After Sellards.) 
distal part lacking the extremities was later obtained a few inches farther back 
in the bank. The bone next found, the left femur, of which only a part of the 
shaft is preserved, was lying near the ulna and at about the same level. 
Another piece from the shaft of this bone was obtained the following June, 
having been found several feet farther back in the bank. The radius, of 
which the proximal part only was obtained, was found 5 feet north of east of 
the ulna and at the same place in the section ; that is, at the bottom of the bed 
of sand and alluvial material. Owing to the slope of the bed at this place, 
however, this bone lay at an actual level fully 2 feet lower than the ulna. The 
jaw and the parts of the skull were found chiefly between the ulna and the 
radius and from a few inches to 2 feet farther back in the bank. One of the 
foot bones, a fifth metatarsal, was taken about 8 feet east of the ulna and at 
an actual level, owing to the change in slope, above that of the radius and 
approximately the same as that of the ulna. Above the human skeleton 4 
