No. 4. 



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THE MISSOURI LEVIATHAN. 



^ We succeeded, one day previous to the closing: of the exhibition of the Missouri Leviathan, 

 m obtaining a correct drawing of that wonderful work of the Almighty, which, with the 

 engraving of the same, has been executed expressly for our pages; thus placing upon record 

 a faithful representation of that gigantic result of the labours of the geologist, before its final 

 departure for a foreign land. It is exceedingly to be regretted that the glorious specimen is 

 not retained in the country which gave it birth, but the next best thing we have secured to 

 our readers, by perpetuating in our work a perfectly correct delineation of its wonderful 

 anatomy. A tront view of the monster has been given, as it shows more strikingly than any 

 other could do, the peculiar conformation of its parts, forming, as it were, two arches of 

 stupendous magnitude, with which nothing that has hitherto been discovered can at all 

 compare for grandeur and magnificence. We are witness to the faithful delineation of 

 the enormous skeleton as it appeared on exhibition, and cannot but feel pleasure in being 

 instrumental in preserving the remembrance of it by a drawing made on the spot. 



Subjoined are some interesting particulars, extracted from a pamphlet published by the 

 discoverer and proprietor of these noble relics, Mr. Albert Koch, who will, we trust, be suc- 

 cessful in obtaining that regard and consideration in a foreign country which are so justly 

 due to his indefatigable zeal and perseverance in a pursuit to which he has devoted himself" 

 for many years; and may he return, to make still further discoveries in the exciting and all- 

 absorbing pursuits of geology and natural science. -- Ed. 



