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the American Philosophical Society, at Philadelphia, of 

 which he was then the presiding officer ; forwarding one- 

 third to the National Institute of France, of which he 

 was one of the foreign associates ; and reserving the re- 

 mainder for his own museum. 



This extraordinary assemblage of fossil bones, I ar? 

 range under the following heads : 1. Many dozens of 

 the smaller bones, apparently of the mastodon, which 

 seemed to have belonged to the feet. 2. Bones of the 

 legs, discovered partly in connexion with the former, 

 and partly scattered as they were, through the soil. 3. 

 Bones of the head and upper-jaw, which afforded expec- 

 tation that more would have been learned from them 

 than was before known, of the structure of these perish- 

 able parts. 4. Two kinds of teeth, of very large size, 

 and detached from the jaws ; some of these teeth evident- 

 ly belonged to the mastodon, being distinguished by 

 their elevated processes ; while others more nearly re- 

 sembled the elephant's grinders. 5. Fragments of lower 

 maxillary bones, containing the grinders fixed in their 

 sockets. These jaws were mostly broken through the 

 symphysis of the chin, and none of them were entire. 

 6. An enormous outer tooth or tusk, resembling that of 

 the elephant. It consisted of ivory; but had laid so 

 long in the ground, that it was decayed at both extremi- 

 ties. The curve was a singular sort of spire. The 

 ivory, on account of the decay it had undergone, flaked 

 off, like layers of rotten wood. 7. Several small tusks, 

 the smallest of which was about three feet long. They 

 are of remarkable specific gravity, decayed and broken 

 at the ends, and disposed to split and crumble to pieces 

 by the exposure to the air. 8. Ribs, of the shape com- 

 mon to the skeletons of mastodons. 9. Very large ver- 

 tebras. 10. The skulls of buffaloes or bisons, with the 



