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art to show the insertion of the grinders. Their appear- 

 ance is represented in plate III. fig. 3. A view of 

 the rest of the lower jaw, with its teeth, is given in 

 fig. 2. 



It was found that the upper maxillary bone, with its 

 teeth and tusks, were there in their natural connexion. 

 The opportunity was very favourable for discovering 

 their junction. The meadow had been freed from a great 

 part of its water by ditching ; and a drought of long con- 

 tinuance had contributed to lessen the fluid. Measures 

 were adopted on the 29th to free the pit from all its mud 

 and water, and to uncover these parts of the head in the 

 most careful manner. For this purpose Dr. Townsend 

 and Dr. Seely descended into the pit, and removed the 

 soil with their own hands. They discovered that the pa- 

 late bones and grinders were uppermost, as if the animal 

 had died on his back. The former of these gentlemen 

 made a faithful sketch of the appearances exactly as the 

 bones lay. The figure and connexion of the several 

 parts are delineated in plate II. fig. 2. 



The tusks were of different sizes, lengths and curva- 

 tures; varying in all these respects like the unequal 

 horns of some neat cattle. Their appearance, as they 

 were supposed to look, when the creature was erect in^a 

 standing attitude, is represented in fig. 3. The right 

 tusk was the shorter, and its length was seven feet. It 

 was thicker and blunter, in consequence, probably, of 

 having been more used ; and such employment of it, may 

 be considered as the cause of its greater curvature. The 

 left tusk was nearly nine feet long, and of a more regular, 

 taper, and pointed form.. 



