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inches ; breailth at the top, 1 foot 6 inches ; girth in tho 

 middle, 1 foot 8 inches; above and below, 1 foot 11 inches > 

 at the knee, 2 feet 1 inch. These proportions seem to indicate 

 a mastodon equal in size to Dr. Warren's celebrated skeleton in 

 Boston, wliich was found in a marsh near Newburgh, New 

 York. This has a height of 11 feet, {;nd a length to the base 

 of the tail, 17 feet, 1 found in the Mechanics' Institute 

 Museum tusks, which were supposed to be parts of the mastodon 

 tusks. They are tusks of Walrus. If there existed any 

 doubt regarding the identification of the femur as that of c 

 Mastodon, the discovery of a mastodon grinder having ^harao- 

 teristic " nipple ridges," seemed to dispose of the doubt. This 

 tooth was found at Haddeck on the side of the IJras d'Or. The 

 locality is about 9 miles distant from the former bed of the 

 femur. From this, we infer the existence of, at least, two 

 mastodons in Cape I'reton ; the owner of the tooth must have 

 been of smaller size than the owner of the femur. The tooth 

 resembles in size and form, teeth of the mastodon of the 

 British Museum, and it is probable that the owner was of the 

 same size. I compared them in 1862. Description : size of 

 crown 4| X 3 inches; number of ridges with conical promi- 

 nences more or less united in the transverse direction of the 

 tooth, three. Thickness of enamel ^^ inch. It has two 

 transverse fangs ; at the back of the longest is a nerve hole, 

 which is half an inch M'lde, and one inch and seven tenths 

 deep. The shape of the crown is sub-rhomboidal ; its four 

 sides measure 12 inches. It was a fortunate thing that Dr. 

 Kier, of Princetown, Prince Edward Island, secured the speci- 

 men and delivered it from the hands of those Avho did not 

 appreciate its value. It is said to have been in good preservation 

 when found, but the blacksmith's hammer and vice had ]>roken 

 a part of the end ridge, and much of the enamel had been 

 broken off, orly about one half now remains. The enamel is 

 jet black on the outside, and wliite within. It seems to have 

 been partially worn off the ridges during the life-time of the 

 owner. Its bony part is perfectly sound. Dr. Kier kindly gave 

 mo the tooth. It is now in our Museum. How the Mastodons 

 got into the Island of Cape Breton I cannot understand. The 





