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Locality and position. Like all others found in this vicinity, this 

 was buried in a peat-swamp, but, in this case, of very small dimen- 

 sions. The whole peat formation here is only four hundred feet long 

 and one hundred and twelve wide, lying between two low ridges of 

 slate hills, the whole valley being about two hundred feet wide. 

 The clay which underlies the peat bog, descends gradually from 

 both sides, and once formed the bottom of the small pond which 

 occupied this spot. It slopes down very gradually till within six feet 

 of where the bones were found, in which spot it is but six feet below 

 the surface. At this point, however, it makes a sudden descent, and 

 the bottom cannot be reached by sounding with an iron rod. 



Beginning at the bottom, then, the following are the deposites 

 which have gradually formed and filled up the pond : 



1. Mud, more than 10 feet. 



2. Shell marl, 3 feet. 



3. A layer of red moss, 1 foot. 



4. Peat, 2 feet. 



Just below No. 3, in the top of the marl, and barely covered byi 

 it, lay the skeleton. The direction of the backbone was north and 

 south. The head was thrown crosswise, so that the tusks pointed) 

 nearly to the west. Every bone occupied nearly the position it did' 

 when the animal was alive. The back of the skeleton was upward ; 

 each of the vertebrce in place, from the first of the neck to the last* 

 of the loins. The ribs were projected downwards on each side. The« { 

 head was upon the top of the neck, and the lower jaw slipped ai 

 few inches to one side. The hindlegs were spread out on each side, 

 each bone in its place to the very feet. The whole position wasi 

 precisely that of an animal that had become mired, and perished in 

 its ineffectual struggles to extricate itself, and it had doubtless diedj 

 in the place where its bones were found. 



In the midst of the ribs, imbedded in the marl and unmixed with' 

 shells or carbonate of lime, was a mass of matter composed prin-i 

 cipally of the twigs of trees broken into pieces of about two incheil 

 in length, and varying in size from very small twigs to half an inch 

 in diameter. There was mixed with these a large quantity of finer 

 vegetable substance like finely divided leaves, the whole amounting 

 to from four to six bushels. From the appearance of this, and itsi|||,, 

 situation, it was supposed to be the contents of the stomach ; and 



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