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" The post-pleiocene deposit of the Ashley River, contain a 

 number of small fragments of molar teeth, and one nearly entire 

 and unworn crown ot a second lower molar, which have the same 

 characters of form and size, as in the living- tapir. Besides these, 

 the same collections contain fragments of lower molars, and two 

 nearly entire crowns of upper molars, having the exact form of 

 the corresponding teeth of the T. americanus, but larger in size. 



•'Teeth of the beaver, jet black in color, have likewise been 

 obtained from the post-pleiocene deposit of Ashley River. 



" The collections contain numerous specimens of blackened 

 molar teeth, together with a few incisors and fragments of jaws, 

 from the Ashley post-pleiocene deposit, which neither differ in 

 form nor size from the corresponding parts of the recent musk- 

 rat. 



" Remains of Lepus sylvaticus — common gray rabbit — have been 

 found in association with those of other rodents and of the ex- 

 tinct peccary near Galena, Illinois. A few specimens of molar 

 teeth, black in color, apparently belonging to this species, were 

 obtained from the post-pleiocene beds of the Ashley River. 



" Several small fragments of teeth of the Megatherium, in Prof. 

 Holmes' collection, were obtained from the post-pleiocene bed of 

 the Ashley River. Previously to the discovery of these speci- 

 mens, remains of the Megatherium had been found in no other lo- 

 cality of North America, than in the State of Georgia. 



" Two small fragments of lower molar teeth of Mylodon Harlani, 

 were obtained from the Ashley post-pleiocene beds. One of the 

 fragments is represented in figures 21, plate xvi, of 'A memoir on 

 the extinct Sloth Tribe of North America,' by the author." 



As regards the specimens of human art found as 

 above, it must be remarked that it is only at this 

 locality — Ashley Ferry — that we find such relics. 

 Here at the base of a low bluff, is a beach of Eocene 

 marl; above the bluff is a farm-yard, and all the 

 sweepings of the premises, consisting in part of old 

 hoes, broken plough-shares, and fragments of crock- 

 ery-ware, etc., are thrown into the river, and lie min- 

 gled with the fossils which are washed out of the 

 bluff, and scattered over the surface of the beach 

 below, which is exposed at low tide. At no other 

 locality on this river, and there are several, viz: 

 Ramsay's, Clement's, Greer's, Middleton's, etc., where 

 similar fossils are found, do we obtain relics of human 

 art; at least, I have never found such. 



