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mals, it seems highly probable, that they must have 

 attained to a considerable knowledge of the osteology 

 of the human body ; more correct, perhaps, than is to 

 be discovered among other savage nations. It would, 

 certainly, be an object of curiosity to inquire into the 

 Indian nomenclature of the parts of the human body. 



XXVII. On the Digestive Povoer of the Pike ( EsoxJ. 

 In a letter to the Editor, from Mr. Andrew 

 Ellicott, novo of Lancaster, in Pennsylvania. 



AS a proof of the strong digestive power of 

 Fish, please to accept of the following fact. 



In the month of September, last year, a Pike of 

 about twenty pounds in weight, was taken in the 

 Small Lake, near Le Boeuf. It was brought into the 

 fort, and opened ; and, to our surprise, the stomach 

 contained all the bones of a squirrel's head, retaining 

 their positions with respect to each other, but reduced 

 to the state of a very soft cartilage. Even the teeth, 

 so remarkable for hardness in this animal, were in 

 the same state. They had lost their brown colour, 

 and were perfectly white. 



Philadelphia, November 30th, 

 1795. 



