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have had every opportunity of making myself fully 
acquainted with this particular district. Realising 
the importance of finding human bones in any of 
the deposits from which I have obtained implements, 
1 have always impressed upon the workmen the 
necessity of keeping a sharp look-out for such 
remains, and of immediately communicating w;th 
me should any come to light. 
"On Friday, October 6th, 191 1, Mr Bolton and 
Mr Laughlin, for the purpose of measuring up the 
amount of work done by the workmen, were in one 
of their pits when one of the men called out that he 
had found a portion of a human skull. Mr Laughlin 
went over to the spot, and, giving instructions for 
the remains to be carefully preserved and further 
digging to cease, went up to his office and telephoned 
to me. This was about ten minutes to two, and by 
2 o'clock I was down at the pit, and found that a 
portion of a human skull, attached to an almost 
perfect cranial cast, and some teeth, had been re- 
covered. It was pointed out to me that two bones 
were projecting from the vertical face of the section, 
and at a depth of about 4 feet from the surface, 
but as I had to be back at my office before a quarter 
to three I did not stop to examine the site, but, 
wrapping the skull fragment and cast In a piece of 
sacking, carried them home. Before leaving the pit, 
however, I arranged for two of the workm.en to 
meet me at 2 o'clock on the following day and 
dig out the remainder of the skeleton. At this time 
It had never even crossed my mind that we were 
dealing with anything of great importance, and, in 
fact, I was quite under the Impression that the bones 
belonged to a late interment. 
" Thinking, however, that my two friends, Messrs 
Canton and Snell, who had been associated with me 
in my work for some little time, would care to come 
with me, I telephoned to them, and they agreed to 
do so. I also asked Mr Frank Woolnough, the 
