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vorous kind ; 27idly, of tusks differently fashion- 

 ed ; and Srdly, of bones of an extraordinary 

 magnitude, belonging thereto. 



Both the skeleton of the behemoth, and 

 of the stupendous carnivorous incognitum on 

 which I propose to treat in my next memoir, 

 being frequently embedded in company, they 

 have hitherto been confounded togethej- by 

 writers, under the single appellation of mam- 

 moth bones: though their appearance and cha- 

 racter essentially differ, and distinctly point 

 out two animals of the herbivorous and carni- 

 vorous kinds. 



The teeth alone unquestionably bespeak 

 this. The masticating surface of the mammoth 

 tooth is flat, nearly smooth, and ribbed trans- 

 versly, somewhat like the elephant's grinders, 

 but less prominently marked. There are from 

 15 to 20 of these transverse lines on a single 

 tooth of the mammoth; while, on that of the 

 elephant, they seldom exceed half the num- 

 ber. The masticating surface of the tooth of 

 the carnivorous incognitum is set with four or 

 five high double-coned processes, or studs, 

 strongly coated with enamel. But I refer this 



