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NORTH-CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. 



1 ork. A tooth belonging to the elephant was taken from the 

 beach upon Seneca lake New York, and portions of a skele- 

 ton were found near the surface in Monroe county. All 

 these bones contain also animal matter, and they are usually 

 associated with moluscous animals which are living at the 

 present time. 



FIG. 24. 



It is probable the mastodon lived in a period prior to that 

 of the elephant, but it appears that both became extinct at 

 or about the same time. 



That the mastodon and elephant roamed in herds over a 

 large part of this continent, seems to be indicated by the 

 fact that their bones are found from the Atlantic to the base 

 of the Rocky mountains. The bones of the mastodon, how- 

 ever, are more numerous and more widely extended than 

 those of the elephant. 



RUMINANTIA. CERVTJS VIRGINIAN A 



The discovery of the remains of the 0. Yirginiana deer, is 

 an interesting fact. It appears to have been cotemporary 

 with the Mastodon and Elephant, which have become extinct. 

 So, also, it is cotemporary with the great Irish Elk, which has 

 become extinct in Europe. 



The base of the horn which I found in the Miocene bed 

 about 10 miles above Elizabeth, on the Cape Fear, is about 

 six inches long. In this horn, the first branch goes off from 



