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II is necessary to observe, that although these large lioncs, as 

 well as the detached tusks, have been provisionally referred to the 

 mastodon, yet it is not improbable that, on a further comparison, 

 a part may be found to belong to the fossil elephant. The mu- 

 tilated condition of some renders it extremely difficult to pro- 

 nounce with certainty upon a slight examination. 



The remains of ihejbssil elephant comprised in this collection, 

 are next in interest and number to those of the mastodon. The 

 first that we shall notice is a head of a young individual, more 

 complete than any known to your committee to have been ob- 

 tained in North America. It consists of the upper and lower 

 maxillary bones, with six molar teeth in good preservation. 

 Isolated grinders have been discovered in the United States in 

 numerous instances, but generally without any portion of bone 

 adhering to them. There are also of the elephant, in this col- 

 lection, several other fragments of jaws, and twenty separate 

 molar teeth. 



Of the horse, there are perfect teeth, and other portions found 

 under circumstances that favour the belief of their beinjj of 

 equal antiquity with the extinct animals whose remains are as- 

 sociated with them in the collection. The teeth are remarkably 

 large and sound. 



Of ruminating animals, there are skulls and some other parts 

 of the buffalo. Bos aviericaims ; of the extinct species named by 

 Dr Harlan, Bos bombifrons ; and of a large species of CervuSy 

 resembling C. Jlces. 



Finally, we have also discovered among these interesting re- 

 lics some considerable portions of the Megalovyx, whose osteo- 

 logy is still so imperfectly known. The most important of these 

 is a right lower maxillary bone, with four teeth in the sockets, 

 and another detached tooth which appears to have come from 

 the upper jaw. There is also the tibia of the right \Qg, and 

 perhaps some other bones which may prove to belong to the 

 same animal. 



Remarks by Professor Silllman. — Having (since the above 

 account was received) seen this collection of bones, so accurately 

 described above, I cannot refrain from attempting to convey to 

 others something of the impression made upon my own mind 



