The bones are perfectly clean--that is, clean of all soft structures--and will remain substantially in their present condition for many years." "The evidence of the man who found the remains in the watercress-bed suggests that they could not have been there more than two years.

Do the appearances, in your opinion, agree with that view ?" "Yes; perfectly." "There is one more point, Doctor; a very important one.

Do you find anything in any of the bones, or all of them together, which would enable you to identify them as the bones of any particular individual ?" "No," replied Dr.Summers; "I found no peculiarity that could furnish the means of personal identification." "The description of a missing individual has been given to us," said the coroner; "a man, fifty-nine years of age, five feet eight inches in height, healthy, well preserved, rather broad in build, and having an old Pott's fracture of the left ankle.

Do the remains that you have examined agree with that description ?" "Yes, in so far as agreement is possible.

There is no disagreement." "The remains might be those of that individual ?" "They might; but there is no positive evidence that they are.