Bee oa a6 
Fossil Bones from Tennessee and Texas, 245 
want of clavicles. ‘The osseous parts of the head were portions, 
nearly complete, of the upper and lower jaws. Some of the molars 
were quite complete ; of the tusks, only one little stump remain- 
ed, but the four alveoli of the upper jaw had large incisive look- 
ing wooden teeth fitted into them, and the lower jaw supplied to 
correspond. The cranium was entirely wanting from the lower 
margin of the orbits, back ; but a raw-hide cranium was fitted on, 
which was much more becoming to the animal in his new capa- 
city than the old one would have been. 
The artificial construction was principally in the pelvis. and 
head; and take it as thus built up, with its half human, half 
beast-like look, and its great hooked incisive teeth, it certainly 
must have conveyed to the ignorant..spectator a most horrible 
idea of a hideous, diabolical giant, of which he no doubt dream- 
ed for months. ‘To one informed in such matters it really pre- 
sented a most ludicrous figure. 
The person who had it for exhibition was honest, I believe, in __ 
his convictions as to its being the remains of a man, having been 
confirmed in them by numerous physicians, whose certificates he 
had in his possession ; and having asked and received my opin- 
ion, he determined to box it up, never to be exhibited again as 
-the remains of a human being. 
IL. Fossils from Texas.—These fossils were collected by Mr, 
Wm. Huff from the banks of the Brassos river, near San Fillippe, 
I believe. They are now exhibiting in Mr. Cook’s gallery of 
paintings in this city. Mr. Huff has been a resident of ‘Texas 
since his boyhood, and has in the wild region of the western 
part of that state, acquired an ardent passion for the collection 
and study of fossils. By his kindness I have been permitted to 
make the following notes and drawings from his specimens. ‘The 
fossils were all found in the same formation, which seems to have 
been a mixed clay, sand and gravel, with much iron. 
1. Fossil Ox.—This specimen consists of the frontal bone, 
with portions of the bony nuclei of the horns. The frontal por- 
tion of the orbit of one eye is nearly entire; the margins of the 
other are broken. None of the bones of the lower portions of 
the head are left, being replaced by a conglomerate mass of sand 
and pebbles. 'The whole specimen is colored by oxide of iron, 
and a sealy incrustation of the same covers the frontal bone, ex- 
cept where the parts have cleaved off. The horns are similarly 
° 
