334 APPENDIX. 



URUS. 



1 Skull, incomplete. 

 3 Fragments of horns. 

 1 Femur. 



3 Tibiae. 



1 Dorsal vertebra. 

 1 Sacrum. 



MUSK-OX. 



1 Skull, with horns attached, incomplete and very modern, 



DEER. 



1 Fragment of antler. 



4 Tibiae, entire. 



3 Metatarsal bones. 

 1 Os calcis. 



Some of these are probably casual and modern, and de- 

 rived from rein-deer that now frequent this part of America. 



HORSE. 



1 Astragalus. 

 1 Metacarpus. 

 1 Metatarsus. 



Description of the most perfect specimejis of animal remains 

 brought home by Captain Beechey from Eschscholtz Bay, 

 and selected by Dr. Buchland to be engraved in pi. 1, 2, 3, 

 (fossils). All these specimens are deposited in the British 

 Museum. 



Plate I. — (Fossils.) 



Fig. 1. Lower jaw of extinct elephant, containing two molar 

 teeth. 



2. Profile of No. 1, on the left side. 



3. Molar tooth of elephant. 



If we compare this jaw and the teeth with the 

 fossil jaws and teeth described by Cuvier, we shall 

 find them to exhibit all the leading characters 

 pointed out by that great naturalist, as distinguish- 

 ing the fossil elephant from any existing species. 



First. The teeth possess that broadness of sur- 

 face which is more constant in the fossil teeth than 



