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of Canada and Siberia, and with that of the 

 common elephant, (evtn (ttt and a half high, de- 

 feribed by Mr. Daubentoni in the Memoirs of 

 the Royal Academy of Sciences of Paris, for 

 the year 1762, it appears to bear the greateft 

 refemblance to that of Siberia. It is longer 

 than any of them by feveral inches, and is, per- 

 haps, the longeft thigh bone of any animal, of 

 which an account has been given by any author 

 we are acquainted with. It is neither fo heavy, 

 nor fo thick, as the one from Canada, but its 

 weight is greater than that from Siberia, and 

 much exceeds that of the common elephant.* 

 Dr. Hunter, in the paper before referred to, 

 feems to have brought pretty pofitive proof, 

 that thefe two femurs (that from Canada, 

 and that from Siberia) are not the femurs 

 of the elephant j and as this thigh bone before 

 us has fo great a fimilitude to thefe two, par- 

 ticularly to that from Siberia, there is every 

 realbn to be of the fame opinion with regard 

 to it. Whether the animd defcribed by Muller, 

 under the name Mammouth, has ever exifted, 

 or whether, as Mr. Pennant feems to fuppofe, 

 it iiill exirts in any parts of the world, yet 

 unexplored, may long remain undetermined, 



• Since this paper was read before the Society, the Rev, 

 James Douglas has fent me an account of a thigh bone of 

 this animal, in the Borough, much larger than any of 

 thefe. It weighs upwards of eighty pounds, and is nearly 

 four feet in length. 



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