io6 September 1748. 



fea, in the fame latitude, and they, are not fiflied 

 on the fliore, till you come to South Carolina. 

 Mr. Bartram from hence took an occafion to de- 

 fend Dr. Thomas Bur net's opinion, that the earth, 

 before the deluge, was in a different polition to- 

 wards the fun. He like wife afked whether the 

 great bones, which are fometimes found in the 

 ground in Siberia, and which are fuppofed to be 

 elephants bones and tufks, did not confirm his 

 opinion. For at prefent thofe animals cannot live 

 in fuch cold countries; but if, according to Dr. 

 Burnct, the fun once formed different zones about 

 our earth, from thofe it now makes, the elephant 

 may eafily be fuppofed to have lived in Siberia.* 



However 



* THE bones and tuflcs of Elephants are not only found in Ruf- 

 Jia, but alfo in the canton of Baftl in $-m:iJJerland, in the domini- 

 ons of the Marquis of Bareitb in Fraatonta, and more inilances are 

 found in the Protogsea of the celebrated Leiinilx. Lately, near the 

 river Ohio, have been discovered, a great number of (keletons of 

 Elephants, with their tufks, and very remarkable grinders, {till 

 iiieking in their jaw bones, were fent to the Briti/h Mufeum \ the 

 Jate Dr. Littleton, Bifhop of Carlijle, alfo lodged fome teeth, llick- 

 ing in their jaw bones, in the Mufeum of the Royal Society, 

 which were brought from Peru. The rivers Chatunga and Indi- 

 gkirka> in Siberia, are remarkable for affording, on their banks, 

 great quantities of bones and tufks of Elephants, which being 

 preferved there by the great froft, and in the fhort fummer of a 

 few weeks, the rain being rare, thefe tufks are commonly fo frefli 

 that they are employed in Ruffta as common ivory on account of 

 the great quantity brought from thefe places to JiuJJia ; fome of 

 them were eight feet long, and of three hundred pounds weight. 

 There have been found grinders of nine inches diameter. But the 

 American grinders of Elephants from near the Olio are yet more re- 

 markable, on account of their being provided with crowns at their 

 tops fuch as are only found in the carnivorous animals, and fuch as 

 feed on hard bones or nuts. Whilft, on the contrary, Elephants, at 

 prefent feeding on graffes and foft vegetables, have no fuch crow ( ns 

 at the tops of their grin'ders. Livy, it is true, makes a diftin&ion 

 between the AJtatic or Indian Elephants, and the African ones j 

 and remarks the latter to be inferior to tin? former in f;ze and vi- 



