14 FOSSIL MASTODON AND MAMMOTH REMAINS. 



KNOX COUNTY. 



Galesburg. Knox College Museum contains: 



a) The tusk of an elephant which was found near Galesburg. 

 The specimen is quite imperfect and was taken from recent depos- 

 its near the surface. 



b) An elephant tooth, much decayed, which was found while 

 ditching on a farm near Galesburg. 



Spoon river. c) A mastodon tooth in good state of preser- 

 vation, the enamel nearly perfect, which was found in the bed of 

 Spoon river in Knox county. 



(The above three instances reported by Albert Hurd, Curator of Museum, 

 Knox College.) 



MACON COUNTY. 



The museum of the Chicago Academy of Science contains, two 

 rami of the lower jaw and several molars of a mastodon, all in 

 good state of preservation, which were found in Macon county. 



(Reported by Frank C. Baker, Curator, Chicago Academy of Science.) 



MADISON COUNTY. 



Alton. A portion of the jawbone of a mastodon with two 

 teeth remaining was found in the lower part of the loess, just 

 above the city of Alton. This specimen was found about thirty 

 feet below the surface and near the bottom of the loess, where it 

 was only separated from the limestone by two or three feet of 

 local drift. The bones were of chalky whiteness and in very fine 



state of preservation. 



(Illinois Geological Survey, Vol. I, p. 315) 



MARION COUNTY. 



Sandoval. At Sandoval. about twenty-four miles north of 

 Beaucoup, mastodon remains were found twelve feet below the 

 surface, in similar position to the one at Beaucoup. 



(Proceedings, American Association tor the Advancement of Science, 1856, 

 pp. 148169.) 



