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" Nov. 27 - 94.
Began to dig at 8. V a great
man of jumbled vertebrae and ribs.
By noon it was apparent that
nothing of much value would be
obtained. All there was one
tooth incisor tooth and four
small bones which may be (ear?)
bones,
In the afternoon dug at a
peculiar "but bone" as reported to
me by a young man which proved
[illegible] [illegible]
The local primitive portions
of a skull. There is another
the one connected with this
skull on the inner side. Will
take it up.
Spent two hours collecting shells.