the elephant, which still continues to be a living genus although 

 many of its species have become extinct. The entire race of the 

 Mastodon has been utterly destroyed, leaving nothing but the 

 'mighty wreck' of their skeletons to testify that they were once living 

 occupants of the land." 



(First printed in the Centennial History of Chautauqua Co., 

 with illustrations, Vol. I, Page 588.) 



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