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solicited one. He informed me that it could not be 
obtained at that moment; but that, if my request were 
made known to the Administration of the Museum, he 
had no doubt they would accede to it. I accordingly 
did apply, and also presented them with the cast of a 
perfect head of Mastodon Giganteus; and they very 
liberally granted my request. 
- The distinguished naturalist, Professor Geoffroy St. 
Hilaire, the second of that honorable name, has made 
a statement to the Academy of Sciences, which, though 
only initiatory, contains many facts of a very interest- 
ing nature, some of which I have had an opportunity 
of verifying ; and to him we are indebted for a greater 
part of the others. 
The eggs sent to me are,in number, two; one of 
which was purchased by M. Abadie, captain of a French 
vessel, from the natives. Another was soon afterwards 
found, equal in size. A third egg was discovered in 
an alluvial stratum near a stream of water, together 
with other valuable relics of the animal which had 
probably produced them; but, unfortunately, it was 
broken during transportation. Of the two eggs, one 
is of an ovoid form, having much the shape of a hen’s 
ege; and the other is an ellipsoid. 
The ovoid egg is of enormous size, even when com- 
/ pared with the largest egg we are acquainted with. Its 
