same 1 loot 6 inches; length of the bone ol tlit 

 forelegs ft. 9 inches; length of the tnsks, de- 

 fenses, or horns, 10 ft. 7 inches; circumference 

 of one tooth 1 ft. 6| inches; weight of the same 

 4 lbs. 10 oz. The whole weighing about 1 000 lbs. 



Within the breast of this skeleton Mr. Peale. 

 accompanied by a dozen of his friends, partook 

 of a superb dinner. 



The curiosity excited by this singular spec- 

 tacle was augmented by the following tradition, 

 then in circulation, and said to be delivered in 

 the terms of a Shawanece Indian : — 



" Ten thousand moons ago, when nought 

 but gloomy forests covered this land of the 

 sleeping sun ; long before the pale men, with 

 thunder and fire at their command, rushed on 

 the wings of the Avind to ruin this garden of 

 nature ; when nought but the untamed wande- 

 rers of the woods, and men as unrestrained as 

 they, were the masters of the soil : a race of 

 animals were in being, huge as the frowning 

 precipice, cruel as the bloody panther, swift as 

 the descending eagle, and terrible as the angel 

 of night. The pines crashed beneath their 



