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jaw of a Hippopotamus. (3). The tooth of a Hippopotamus. 

 (4). The tooth of a young Hippopotamus. (5). The molar 

 of a ruminant. (6). A veitebra. (7 ami 8^. Debris of 

 different bones. In- the collection of M. L Degousee there 

 are, (1) The fragment of the humerus of a ruminant, a species 

 of goat. (2 and 3). Fragments of Hippopotamus. (4). 

 Kemains of a Camel. The last three were found at Chalouf 

 by Dr. Terrier. Notes on these collections thus read : " Atten- 

 tion is directed to a group of fossil bones of large antediluvian 

 animals collected on the plateau of Tou-^soum and on the bank 

 of Chalouf el Terraba, the greater part undetermined. How- 

 ever, we distinguish an upper jaw with a tooth perfectly 

 preserved, several portions of a sternum, a part d'omoplate, the 

 head of a femur of the left sMe, v.pper parts of a tibia, the 

 upper extremity of i humerus, vertebrae of different regions, a 

 metatarsal bone and some fragments of ribs." " Hippopotamus 

 is now confined to the rivers of the middle and south of Africa. 

 It formerly found its way into Egypt by the Nile, but has long 

 disappeared from that country." Cuv. and Lat. 



We return to France. Geologists distinguish after the 

 " Mollasse, a green calcareous grit and conglomerates, Marine 

 de Suisse" of No. 43, " Mollasse de la Morefe." (2). " Faluns 

 (rocks abounding in shells) et Mollasse de Bordeaux et de 

 Dax." (3). Falun de Touraine. There is nothing remarkable 

 about the two first. The third commands attention by its 

 remarkable group of mammals. These are, (1) Dinotherium. 

 (2) Mastodon. (3^) Rhinoceros. (4) Hippopotamus, land 

 mammals, Walrus, Seal, Dolphins, Sea-Mammals and Sharks. 

 Buckland gives us a picture of the lower jaw of Dinotherium 

 gujanteum. Its length with the tusk is 4J feet — -the tusk is 

 1 foot 3 inches. He also pictures a lower and part of the 

 upper jaw of Dinotherium mediuin. This lower jaw and tusk 

 measures 3 feet ; the tusk is less than a foot. The animal waa 

 elephantine, and probably had a proboscis. It difff'red from 

 all the other elephantine animals in having the tusks in the 

 lower jaws, bent abruptly downwards. Buckland gives a 

 restoration of the Dinotherium gi<iantcum. It resembles 

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