﻿I] 
  Historical 
  Review 
  : 
  First 
  Period 
  19 
  

  

  34, 
  p. 
  203, 
  1838. 
  The 
  other 
  near 
  Opelousas 
  where 
  mastodon 
  

   bones 
  were 
  also 
  found.*. 
  He 
  described 
  with 
  considerable 
  detail 
  

   the 
  Port 
  Hudson 
  section, 
  and 
  traced 
  in 
  the 
  Florida 
  parishes, 
  the 
  

   northern 
  limit 
  of 
  what 
  is 
  now 
  called 
  the 
  Port 
  Hudson 
  group. 
  f 
  

  

  Owen. 
  — 
  Dr. 
  Harlan 
  had 
  received 
  later 
  on 
  some 
  more 
  perfect 
  

   specimens 
  of 
  his 
  Basilosaurus 
  from 
  Alabama 
  and 
  these 
  he 
  took 
  

   with 
  him 
  to 
  lyondon 
  in 
  1839, 
  and 
  submitted 
  them 
  to 
  Richard 
  

   Owen, 
  who 
  proved 
  to 
  the 
  satisfaction 
  of 
  all 
  that 
  the 
  huge 
  mon- 
  

   ster 
  was 
  an 
  aquatic 
  mammal 
  of 
  dugong, 
  or 
  whale-like 
  aflBnities. 
  

   He 
  gave 
  the 
  name 
  Zeuglodon 
  cetoides 
  to 
  the 
  species. 
  His 
  studies 
  

   and 
  conclusions 
  are 
  given 
  at 
  length 
  on 
  pp. 
  69-79, 
  Trans. 
  Geol. 
  

   Soc, 
  Lond., 
  vol. 
  6, 
  1842. 
  

  

  Talcott. 
  — 
  The 
  subject 
  of 
  rendering 
  the 
  mouths 
  of 
  the 
  Missis- 
  

   sippi 
  navigable 
  to 
  vessels 
  of 
  deep 
  draught 
  seems 
  to 
  have 
  agitated 
  

   the 
  public 
  mind 
  from 
  an 
  early 
  date. 
  The 
  report 
  of 
  Joseph 
  G. 
  

   Totten 
  to 
  the 
  war 
  department 
  in 
  1839 
  contains 
  a 
  very 
  accurate 
  

   map 
  of 
  the 
  mouths 
  of 
  this 
  river, 
  and 
  drawings 
  of 
  two 
  of 
  the 
  

   mud 
  lumps 
  by 
  Captain 
  Andrew 
  Talcott.;}; 
  

  

  Jones. 
  — 
  In 
  the 
  Journal 
  of 
  the 
  Franklin 
  Institute, 
  3d 
  series, 
  vol. 
  

  

  2, 
  1841, 
  pp. 
  83, 
  Engineer 
  A. 
  C. 
  Jones 
  gives 
  a 
  very 
  accurate 
  

   description 
  of 
  the 
  physical 
  characters 
  of 
  the 
  mud-lumps 
  at 
  the 
  

   mouths 
  of 
  the 
  Mississippi. 
  

  

  Lyell. 
  — 
  The 
  Athenaeum 
  Journal 
  for 
  Sept. 
  26, 
  1846, 
  contains 
  an 
  

   article 
  by 
  Sir 
  Charles 
  I^yell 
  " 
  On 
  the 
  Delta 
  and 
  Alluvial 
  Deposits 
  

   of 
  the 
  Mississippi, 
  and 
  other 
  points 
  in 
  the 
  Geology 
  of 
  North 
  

   America 
  observed 
  in 
  the 
  years 
  1845, 
  1846." 
  This 
  was 
  repub- 
  

   lished 
  in 
  the 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  British 
  Association 
  for 
  the 
  Advance- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  Science 
  for 
  1847, 
  vol. 
  16, 
  pp. 
  117-125. 
  An 
  abstract 
  of 
  

   the 
  same 
  occurs 
  in 
  the 
  American 
  Journal 
  of 
  Science, 
  2d 
  series, 
  vol. 
  

  

  3, 
  1847, 
  pp. 
  34 
  and 
  118. 
  

  

  Herein 
  the 
  author 
  states 
  that 
  he 
  doubts 
  whether 
  the 
  delta 
  

   advances 
  over 
  one 
  mile 
  a 
  century 
  into 
  the 
  gulf. 
  On 
  p. 
  36 
  (A.J.S.) 
  

   he 
  states 
  that 
  the 
  matter 
  held 
  in 
  suspension 
  by 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  the 
  

   Mississippi 
  is 
  about 
  1:2^45 
  the 
  weight 
  of 
  the 
  water 
  itself. 
  On 
  p. 
  

   118 
  he 
  changes 
  the 
  proportion 
  to 
  yyVo- 
  

  

  *Am, 
  Jour. 
  Sci., 
  vol. 
  35, 
  pp. 
  345-346, 
  1838. 
  

   fAm. 
  Jour. 
  Sci., 
  vol. 
  36, 
  pp. 
  118-124, 
  1839. 
  

   JSenate 
  Doc, 
  No. 
  463, 
  26th 
  Con., 
  istSess., 
  vol. 
  7, 
  1840. 
  

  

  