248 Discovery of the Fossil Remains of the Mastodon, 
a = nearly perfect, and many imperfect. 
Two clavicule. 
Two sea babe 
Half of the pelvis perfe 
The bones of the detrei with the exception of three 
small bones of the right foot, viz :-— 
the fore extremities. 
Sixteen carpal, and 
Ten metacarpal bones. 
Twenty-eight phalanges. 
Of the hind extremities, 
Two ossa femoris. 
Two patelle. 
Two fibule. 
Fourteen tarsal, and 
Fen metatarsal bones. 
Four sessamoidea. 
Recapitulation. : 
Vertebree, 22 
Ribs, 1 
Pelvis, 2 
—35 
Of the fore extremities. 64 
Of the hind, 59 
: , 158 
_ Part of the head and two teeth. 
= = to a he that our skeleton wds found much 
arer to the ocean than et oa and is perha 
to be considered as one ofthe most perfect that we rete 
that immense animal. The bones near the surface of = 
field, and within the infldeuee of frost, have oo cathe 
or less; but as we proceeded down, they 
sound, and and the bones of the legs and Ehaeseepaiects wit, 
