Mystery holes in 340

[jabdusty57]

I have a couple of Fel-Pro head gasket sets, one of which is a 1008. Both of them are missing several holes that both my block and head have them. I have a 1970 340 with X-heads. The image below shows a couple of missing holes in red, and one hole in yellow that is a lot smaller than the holes in the head and and block.

Did I buy the wrong gaskets, do I cut new holes or do I ignore them?

 

[70aarcuda]

ignore them....correct head gasket....

 

[71beater]

Somebody more knowledgeable than I will set it straight for you,
but I was of the impression that the "missing" holes face the front of the block, preventing the coolant from flowing immediately to the front of the heads and exiting, i.e., forcing more circulation in the block and heads before exiting to radiator.