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between the rhinoceros and the tapir, from the planter quarries 

 in the neighbourhood of Paris, n. A species of crocodile, con- 

 siderably like that of the Ganges. 



But these are not all which the earth contains : there arc parts 

 of skeletons of which M. Cuvier cannot speak with equal as- 

 surance ; but of which, however, enough is known to encou- 

 rage a hope that the list of zo6k)gical anticjuitics will be soon 

 lengthened. Of these, some resemble the bones— -1. Of the 

 tiger. 2. Of an hyaena, or sea-calf. 3. Of the fallow-deer. 

 And others of uncertain characters j as the petrified bones, 1 . 

 Near Verona. 2 and 3. Two sorts in the Rock of Gibraltar. 

 4. In tlie vicinity of Dax. 5. Near Orleans, G. Near Aix and 

 Cette. 7. In the islands of Dalmatia, &:c. And, 8. All other 

 uncertain bones found in the peat mosses of all ])arts of Europe 

 and Asia. In tlie course of a short time M Cuvier hoiKs to 

 determine the exact place in the system to which tlicse doubtful 

 species are to be referred. 



M. Cuvier solicits information on these subjects from all parts 

 of the world. He wishes to procure the bones themselves, or 

 figures of them, or correct descriptions in words. — Medical 

 Repository. 



The naturalists of France derived great advantages when Hol- 

 land fell into the power of their countrymen, from the opportu- 

 nities which were afforded them of inspecting the rich museum 

 of the stadtholder. M. Cuvier's attention was more particu- 

 larly directed to tw^o elephants' heads, which having examined 

 with some nicety, he found to exhibit characters that warrant 

 their being considered as belonging to two distir.ct species. One 

 of them from Ceylon, he remarked, differed from the other 

 (which came from the Cape) in respect not only to the general 

 contour of the forehead, but to the shape of tlie teeth, which 

 last he was at length induced, like Blumenbach and others, to 

 constitute the distinguishing characteristics of elephants in ge- 

 neral: and extending his inquiries to such as we know only by 

 their fossil exuvicc, he has furnished us with the following spe- 

 cific descriptions : viz. 



*'yJElephas Capensis, f route convexa, lamcllis molarium Thorn- 

 hoidalihus. 



E, Indicm, frontc plano-concaia, lamtUis violariim arcuatis 

 tindatis. 



E. Mammontcus, maxilla ohtusiore, lamellis molar ii m tenuihus 

 rcctis. 



