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portion may be assumed ; and the observations made above cast a shadow of doubt over all specimens corresponding to known Indian forms reported from open mines, from such shafts and tunnels as do not extend beneath undisturbed formations, or from positions where any kind of post-Tertiary disturbance could have taken place.

In a second paper I hope to review the evidence further, and especially to present some data relating to the Calaveras skull.

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