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that the district in question, could have been tormed 

 by the alluvion washed up by the sea ; nor in any 

 other way than by a current setting across the conti- 

 nent of America, from the north east to the south west, 

 or from north to south. This I hope will be made to 

 appear satisfactory by the following facts and con- 

 clusions. 



I have observed, that among other fossil remains, 

 found in the alluvial regions, were those of quad- 

 rupeds. 



In New Jersey, fossil bones and teeth or grinders 

 of the Asiatick elephant, have been found of an im- 

 mense size.* 



On the eastern and western shore of Maryland, these 

 remains have likewise been found. 



In digging a well in the star-fort of Fort M 'Henry, 

 a tooth of the Mastodon (or Mammoth) was found 

 at the depth of near sixty feet below the surface. 



On the eastern shore of Maryland, in Queen Ann's 

 county, an enormous grinder of the Asiatick elephant 

 was likewise dug up, on the plantation of Mr. Carmi- 

 chael, enveloped in a stiff blue clay. This 1 have 

 in my possession. 



Since the above grinder was discovered, I have re- 

 ceived information from a very respectable source, 

 that a pair of large horns of the deer kind were found, 



* For particulars relating to these, and a variety of other in- 

 teresting facts of a similar kind, see the New-York edition of 

 Cuviers Theory, by J)r. S. L. Mitchell. 



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