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of the White Whale. ** Beluga delphiriap ferns" from the Gulf 

 of St. Lawrence, prepared by Mr. Gregory, of tlie Marine and 

 Fishery ])t'parttnent, Quebec. Suspended over liead in the 

 United States Department, was a beautiful j^a/»ic'r marhe model 

 of the same marine mammal, as natural as in life. Our museum 

 collections show that Land and Marine mammals with fishes — 

 "Giants and Pij^Miiies " lived and died in the United States in 

 these eventful times to which we have directed attention. Our 

 collections from Sutrolk — " Norwich Crag," etc., correspond in 

 a striking manner with the phosphate beds of Soiith Carolina, 

 while the contents of both deposits are applied to the use of 

 Agriculture. From the latter, wo have large fragments of 

 teeth (molars) of the mammoth, which has been named Elephas 

 Americanus. These show proportions equal, at least, to those 

 of the Lena mammoth — Elephas pn'mu/enius. There is also 

 the fragment of the tooth of a mastodon, much larger than of 

 our Cape Breton. It is probably equal in size to the tooth of 

 the former proprietor of our femur. There is also a part of a 

 tusk of an elephant of apparently small size. There is also 

 the tooth of Eqnus fosdHs {cunmlens). Other teeth there are, 

 whose ownership we have been unable to determine. Mammals 

 of the sea (whales) have left vertebrae about the same size as 

 of our Beluga. One vertebra belonged to a whale of larger 

 size. For this, and a large scapula of a mammal, I am indebted 

 to Mr. Macpherson, ship-builder. This vertebra measures, 

 length 7 inches, ends 7x6. It certainly represents a whale 

 of large size, how large it may be difficult to estimate. There 

 ore other interesting relics of cetacea that call for notice. 

 These are cetiotolitea, or fossil ear bones of whales. I found 

 one of those in a cargo at Cunard's, and directed attention to 

 the fact in connection with their occurrence among the so-called 

 coprolites of the Suffolk Crag, and Prof. Henslow's consequent 

 discovery of the value of coprolites as material for the manu- 

 facture of Superphosphate of Lime as a fertilizer. Still other 

 characteristic fossils are the teeth of Carcharodon merjalodont 

 Shark's teeth of enormous size, and therefore so named. We 

 have a good collection of shark's remains from the Phosphatic 

 deposits of England, chiefly presenter] by the late Mr. H. Poole» 



