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perfect, and discover the great supply 

 which prevented the waste of attrition, 

 and made the teeth endure the compres- 

 sion of any hard body between the jaws. 

 This box affords a rich contemplation. 



JVb. 9, 



Possesses the remains of an animal of the 

 anterior world. Coming to a rock, which 

 the naturalist had to spring, in following 

 a vein of mineral, this grand object ap- 

 peared under the deep explosion. It is 

 the defence of an herbivorous incognitum, of 

 ponderous volume, and amazing height. 

 The defence in a state of perfection, must 

 have been five hundred weight, implying 

 a head of twelve hundred weight. The 

 present fine subject, in a state of decom- 

 position, weighs one hundred and fifty 

 pounds, is twenty- five inches in circum- 

 ference, and when (being in three parts) 

 put together, is sixteen feet long. It is 

 by no means in the form of that of the 

 elephant ; it makes a complete revolve, 

 and appears as if the animal could have 

 moved it at pleasure. The grain traverses 



