372 Mr, White s Ohfervations, ^c; 



But from the fhape and fize of the femurs, and- 

 of the temporal, and jaw bone, there is little 

 room to doubt their having belonged to an 

 animal, with which we are now entirely unac- 

 quainted, and of which there are no further 

 traces remaining. It appears to have been 

 larger than the generality, at leaft, of elephants, 

 or than any other quadruped we knowj and, 

 from the fhape and nature of the grinders, it 

 muft evidently have been a carnivorous animal. 



I have here fubjoined a comparative view of 

 the femurs of Canada, Siberia, and that of the 

 common elephant, with my own ; the account 

 of the former is extrafted from Mr. Daubenton's 

 before-mentioned. The circumference, breadth, 

 and thicknefs, are taken at the fmalleft part of the 

 bones The length is meafured from the upper 

 part of the head^ to the lowed extremity of the 

 inner condyle. 



Femur of Ca»a</«. Oi Siberia. Oi Verfw He s. Mr. White's' 



I have alfo made a drawing of the bone In my 

 pofiefTion, and reduced it to the fame fcale with 



the 



