Discovery of the Remains of a Mammoth* 1ST 



of this in his system, by the twenty-four species of ani- 

 mals, the races of which are extinct. In the mean 

 time, I beg the indulgence of the curious reader in the 

 perusal of this essay. I purpose giving the osteology 

 of the mammoth with all that precision which Camper 

 has devoted to a similar work. 



Michael Adams*, 

 Peter sburgh, August 20th, 1807. 



XVI. Questio?is relative to the American Elephantine 

 Bones, £?c. In a letter to the Editor, from Dr. 

 Reimarus, of Hamburgh. 



Sir, 



THE discovery of the stomach of an Elephant, 

 with its contents, which you mention in the First Sup- 

 plement of your Journal*, is certainly very interesting. 

 However, you will allow, that we might desire some 

 more particular circumstances. 



1. Among the bones that lay around, were there ob- 

 served the jaw-bones, or at least the grinders, which de- 

 note that particular species of Elephant in question, re- 

 sembling carnivorous animals? For I have read, that, in 



* The author of the above essay offers his skeleton for sale, and 

 means to employ the money it shall produce to him in a journey 

 towards the north-pole, and particularly in visiting the island of Lja- 

 chow, or Sichow, which, from information received in his late jour- 

 ney, he believes to be a part of the continent of North-America. 



* Article VI. Pages 22 — 35. 

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