continued to carry the smaller pieces into an adjoining field with 

 the muck and to pile the larger ones with pine roots and stumps 

 to be burned. But Mr. Hoyt being present on August 25, dis- 

 covered unmistakable evidences of the remains of some huge animal 

 which at some previous age of the world had been deposited there. 



It was difficult to determine the precise position of the remains, 

 as they were much disturbed, and some removed before any special 

 notice was taken of them. From the best information obtainable, 

 it was concluded that the body lay with its head to the east, from 

 four to six feet below the surface. Many of the bones, however, 

 were out of place. The lower jaw was about five feet from the head, 

 and lay on the side, crushed together, so that the two rows of teeth 

 were very near each other. The tusks extended eastwardly in nearly 

 a natural position, and, judging from the statements of Mr. Hoyt 

 and the workmen, they must have been ten or more feet in length. 



After digging into the gravel and clay about ten inches, traces 

 of a rib were found, decayed, but distinctly marked, over five feet in 

 length. Where the body must have lain were found large quantities 

 of vegetable matter, evidently the contents of the stomach, mostly 

 decayed, in which were innumerable sections of small twigs from 

 one-half inch to two inches in length, which, under the microscope, 

 proved to have the cellular structure of the hemlock spruce. The 

 remains were all in a forward state of decay, and it was found im- 

 possible to do but little more than had been done to preserve them. 

 Many of them were picked up in the field whither they had been 

 drawn with the muck, and from piles of roots and stumps. The 

 parts of the skeleton secured are as follows: 



Tip of one of the tusks; length, three feet, seven and one-half 

 inches; diameter, six and one-half inches. 



Middle section of the other tusk; length, two feet, five inches; 

 diameter, seven and one-half inches. 



Six teeth ; length of the longer ones on the crown, seven and 

 one-half inches; weight, five and one-half pounds; Length of shorter 

 ones, four and one-half inches ; weight, two and one-half pounds. 



Left side of under jaw, containing two teeth in situ; length 

 preserved, two feet one inch ; depth from the crown of the teeth, 

 ten and one-half inches ; thickness, six inches. 



Pieces of scapula (shoulder blade) from ten to thirteen inches 

 long, and four to seven inches wide. 



Sections of ribs, twelve to eighteen inches long. 



Head of the femur (thigh bone). 



Portions of the vertebrae of the neck. 



Fragments of the cranium (skull). 



Various other pieces not identified. 



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