THE GREAT MASTODON, 



PLATE VI. 



Is taken from the Ossemens Fossilesof Cuvier,and 

 will give some idea of the bulk and form of this 

 creature. The remains of the Mastodon have been 

 found over the greater part of North America, 

 and in some places in such abundance, that to 

 one of its localities has been applied the name of 

 " Big bone lick ;" while the frequency of their 

 remains on the banks of the Ohio, has gained for 

 the Mastodon the appellation of the " Animal of 

 the Ohio." 



It is considerably beyond a hundred years since 

 these immense deposits of bones were first noticed, 

 and they occupied a considerable portion of the 

 attention of Pallas and Camper, and Dr Hunter, 

 the former unravelling the confusion which had 

 been created by considering these remains identical 

 with the Mammoth of Siberia. But it was not 

 until about the year 1 800 that any thing approach- 

 ing to a perfect skeleton was procured, which, 

 after great labour, Mr W. Peale, founder of t^ 



