LECTURE IV. n z 



by the title of Mammoth loin-: tin- teeth i 

 ever, (that is the grinders,) are of an appearance 

 widely dilVei-eni from those of the Elephant, I., 



;>ly lobed on the top, like those of Carnivorous 

 animals. Of this curious, and at present unknown 

 animal in a recent stale, the complete skeleton 

 has been of late di-i inred in North America, 

 and was, as is well known, exhibited in this me- 

 iropolis. Every one must have been struck with 

 .al similitude to that of an Elephant, but 

 the grinders or lateral teeth, as before observed, 

 are of a very different appearance, and seem to 

 indicate an animal of a carnivorous nature. By 

 Mr. Pennant this animal is considered as a species 

 of Elephant, under the title of the American Ele- 

 phant, and he seems to be of opinion that it may 

 yet exist in some of the remote parts of the 

 American Continent yet unvisited by European <. 

 Others have Mippo.sed it an animal of an extinct 



,>>, and in reality allied only to the Elephant 

 in the general size and appearance of its bones, 

 while some particular parts seem to prove a dif- 

 ferent tribe, and there have not been wanting 



o 



one, who have even imagined it to be a marine 

 animal. All however is at present conjectural on 

 LECT. IV. I 



