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On the other hand, the fragments of a pretty large tusk, which I have 

 from Essex, are sufficiently long to show, that the degree of curvature 

 could have very little exceeded that of tusks in general. Another spe- 

 cimen from Essex, a portion of the smallest end of a pretty large tusk, 

 laterally flattened, appears to have been full as straight as recent tusks 

 generally are. The same was observable of another portion from Essex, 

 which I presented to a friend. A very small tusk, from the same place, 

 is particularly straight : this, however, belonged to a very young, and 

 most probably to a female animal. 



From the preceding observations it appears then, that the fossil ele- 

 phantine remains, notwithstanding their resemblance in some respects to 

 the bones of the Asiatic elephant, have belonged to one or more species, 

 different from those which are now known living. This circumstance 

 agrees with the facts of the fossil remains of the tapirs and rhinoceroses, 

 which appear to have differed materially from the living animals of the 

 same genera. The remains of elephants obtained from Essex, Middle- 

 sex, Kent, and other parts of England, confirm the observations of Cu- 

 vier, that these remains are generally found in the looser and more super- 

 ficial parts of the earth, and most frequently in the alluvia which fill the 

 bottoms of the vallies, or which border the beds of rivers. They are 

 generally found mingled with the other bones of quadrupeds of known 

 genera, such as those of the rhinoceros, ox, horse, &c. and frequently also 

 with the remains of marine animals. 



