154 Miscellaneous Facts and Observations. 



Whether this animal exists any longer is extremely- 

 doubtful. In all probability, it has perished, as it 

 seems likely the mammoth (which was a species of 

 Elephant) and many other species have done. For 

 the immortality of species, with respect to this earth, 

 is one of the many dreams of naturalists. 



Should future inquiries completely establish the 

 fact, that the animal of Virginia and that of South- 

 America were specifically the same, it will serve 

 (with many other facts) to show, that animals of va- 

 rious natures had, in former, and very remote, ages, 

 a much more extensive geographical range over the 

 globe, than they have at present. 



Editor. 



30. The following observations, copied from an 

 original manuscript, in the Editor's possession, can 

 hardly fail to be interesting to the curious in inquiries 

 concerning the subject of the last article. 



" John Bartram wrote to James*, that he is in- 

 formed by a letter from Colonel Bouquette, that some 

 Shawanese-Indians had brought to Pittsburg, a 

 tooth weighing 6 pounds and $, and another piece 

 of one, which he calls a tusk, 14 inches long, and the 

 part where it is broke off as thick as a man's arm ; 

 both in his hands, by which he is confirmed in the 



* James Logan, Esquire. 



