166 Memoir upon living and fossil Elephants. 
adds, that the emperor Anastasius caused them to be depo- 
sited in his palace. 
Some large bones were bis found at Demotica; and 
there is a jaw from the island of Cerigo deposited in the ca- 
binet of Morosini, at Venice. 
Although we scarcely ever heard of France biothots pos 
sessed any elephants at any period, yet fossil skeletons 
of these animals are not less numerous there than in any 
other country. 
It is now pretty clear that the giant skeleton, said to have 
been found in 1456, in the reign of Charles VII., near Va+ 
lence, was that of an eluptiaait. It is also probable, that 
the bones dug up near Valence, under Louis XI., were of 
the same description. They were said to belong to an ani- 
mal 18 feet long. 
It was also in Daupbiné that the skeleton was discovered 
which of all others has given rise to most controversy. The 
numerous pamphlets which were published on the subject 
throw little light on it. | 
From what we can judge at this distance of time, it appears 
that in 1613 some large bones were found in a sand-pit near 
the castle of Chaumont. 
A. surgeon of Beaurepaire, named. Mazurier, exhibited 
these bones at Paris for money; and in order to excite 
greater curiosity, he distributed a small pamphlet, where he 
asserted that they were found in a sepulchre 30 feet long, 
upon which was inscribed  Teutobochus rex.” We know 
that this was the name of the king of the Cimbri, who fought 
against Marius. . But Mazurier was accused of forging this 
inscription; and he does not seem to, have justified himself 
from the imposture. ' 
As for the bones he exhibited, they consisted of the fol; 
lowing pieces : . 
1. Two pieces of the lower jaw, one weighing six pounds, 
containing two grinders and the cavities for two others ;, and 
a larger, weighing twelve pounds, with one whole and three, 
broken teeth. Each tooth had four roots, and was as large 
as the foot of a bull; and they were petrified, and of the co- 
Jour of gun flint. 
2, Two 
