Smithsonian miscellaneous collections . ig. 1.—PALISADES ON THE YUKON RIVER. 35 MILES BELO */ FORT GIBBON, VIEWED FROMA DISTANCE UP THE RIVER. Fig. SILT BLUFFS AT THE PALISADES. SHOWING BLOCKS OF FROZEN SILTSAS THEY ARE UNDERMINED AND SUBSIDE INTO THE RIVER EXPLORATION IN ALASKA IN I9O/ GILMORL l9 among the debris of driftwood and other vegetable material accumu-lated at their mouths many disassociated bones were recovered (see( + )> fig- 2)- The concentrating action of the water in carryingaway the fine silt and leaving the heavier objects behind wouldaccount for thejr abundan
Smithsonian miscellaneous collections . ig. 1.—PALISADES ON THE YUKON RIVER. 35 MILES BELO */ FORT GIBBON, VIEWED FROMA DISTANCE UP THE RIVER. Fig. SILT BLUFFS AT THE PALISADES. SHOWING BLOCKS OF FROZEN SILTSAS THEY ARE UNDERMINED AND SUBSIDE INTO THE RIVER EXPLORATION IN ALASKA IN I9O/ GILMORL l9 among the debris of driftwood and other vegetable material accumu-lated at their mouths many disassociated bones were recovered (see( + )> fig- 2)- The concentrating action of the water in carryingaway the fine silt and leaving the heavier objects behind wouldaccount for thejr abundance here. In drifting down along the base of the cliffs in the canoe, the skullof an Ovibos sp. nov. (No. 5728, U. S. National Museum) wasfound on a narrow shelf just above the point (3 on map, see fig. 2)where the underlying gravels first appear. That the skull came
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