. New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen . deepest placeis about thirty or more inches. It is sand andclay, colored red and yellow. The contention overthis stratum has been whether it was part of theglacial gravels brought down by the river and soformed part of the original glacial deposit, orhad been driven up over the bluff by the prevail-ing southerly winds and so formed a layer over theglacial deposits. Long discussions have taken place in the deter-mination of these two questions. The latest reportis to be found in the Proceedings of the AmericanAssociation f
. New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen . deepest placeis about thirty or more inches. It is sand andclay, colored red and yellow. The contention overthis stratum has been whether it was part of theglacial gravels brought down by the river and soformed part of the original glacial deposit, orhad been driven up over the bluff by the prevail-ing southerly winds and so formed a layer over theglacial deposits. Long discussions have taken place in the deter-mination of these two questions. The latest reportis to be found in the Proceedings of the AmericanAssociation for the Advancement of Science, ofthe meeting held at Detroit in 1897. The discussion turned almost wholly upon theindustry indicated by the objects found in this up-per stratum. My opinion, expressed at that time,was that paleolithic man was not in issue duringthe investigation of that layer. Evidence concern-ing his existence in that locality must be gathered ARGILLITE IMPLEMENT. -(From quaternary gravela at Trenton,6 feet beneath the surface.) 46 NEW JERSEY AS A COL. HORNBLKNI> AXE. from the stratified glacial gravels which lie be-neath this upper stratum. It was conceded by allthe geologists who made any examination of thelocus in quo that whatever might be their opinionas to the upper layer, whether it was deposited bywind and belonged to modern Indians, or depos-ited by water and belonged to the glacial epoch,the various strata beneath this upper layer wereglacial gravels which had been brought down bythe river and deposited as they then appeared. The condition of this upper layer and the con-tention which grew out of it is thus explained atlength in order that it may be clearly understoodthat no claim is really made that it furnishes evi-dence concerning the existence or non-existenceof paleolithic man. The contention at Detroit wasconfined to the formation and character of the up-per layer and the objects found therein. The ques-tion concerning paleolithic man, so far
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