Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia . Fig. 25. Copper disc, Tick Island. (Full size.). Fig. 26. Portion of jaw of mammal, copper-coated side, Tick Island. (Full size.) Fig. 27. Portion of jaw of mammal, sideshowing bone, Tick Island. (Full size.) sockets of two molars. The work was neatly done, and at one place showedpiecing on of extra copper where the original sheet had failed to afford sufficientmaterial. A part of the copper sheathing extending beyond the bone, indicated aloss of the enclosed material through the ravages of decay. Figs. 26 and 27 show 20 JOUEN. A. N.
Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia . Fig. 25. Copper disc, Tick Island. (Full size.). Fig. 26. Portion of jaw of mammal, copper-coated side, Tick Island. (Full size.) Fig. 27. Portion of jaw of mammal, sideshowing bone, Tick Island. (Full size.) sockets of two molars. The work was neatly done, and at one place showedpiecing on of extra copper where the original sheet had failed to afford sufficientmaterial. A part of the copper sheathing extending beyond the bone, indicated aloss of the enclosed material through the ravages of decay. Figs. 26 and 27 show 20 JOUEN. A. N. S. PHILA., VOL. X. 154 CERTAIN SAND MOUNDS OF both sides of this curious object, which will recall to the reader the copper-coatedjaw and portion of the skull of a gray fox found in Mt. Royal, in which case, how-ever, the bone and teeth were entirely included by the metal. Almost in the immediate center of the base of the mound, on the shell, 12 feetfrom the surface, in association with a celt of shell and human remains, was anobject of copper, closely resembling, in shape, the carapace of a small turtl
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