368 Notice of Dr. Warren’s Mastodon Giganteus. 
Were in an admirable state of preservation. It seems from the 
position, Dr. Warren observes, as if the animal had stretched out 
its fore feet in a forward direction, to extricate itself from a mo- 
rass into which it had sunk. 
Even the undigested food of the animal appears to have been 
partly preserved. Dr. Prime testifies that* “in the midst of the 
ribs, imbedded in the marl, and unmixed with shells or carbonate 
of lime, was a mass of matter composed principally of the twigs 
of trees, broken into pieces of about two inches in length, and 
varying in size from very small twigs to half an inch in diame- 
ter. There was mixed with these a large quantity of finer vege 
table substance like finely divided leaves; the whole amounting 
to from four to six bushels. From the appearance of this and its 
situation, it was supposed to be the contents of the stomach; and 
this opinion was confirmed on removing the pelvis, underneath 
which in the direction of the last of the intestines, was a train ©: 
the same material, about three feet in length, and four inches in 
diameter.” ‘The subsequent examination of a portion of this ma- 
terial by Dr. Warren, Prof. Gray, and Dr. Carpenter, supports the 
opinion here expressed ; and both from this case and other exam- 
ples of exhumed mastodons, it is shown that the mastodon lived 
on stems or twigs of trees; part of the material found was prob- 
ably ‘‘some kind of spruce or fir.” 
Such are some of the facts which are here published by Dr 
Warren concerning the discovery and food of the mastodon. 
In his account of the animal, after his historical sketch, and 
some observations on the name of the species, he enters upon the 
description of the various parts of the skeleton, in detail ; and 
excellent lithographic plates illustrate these chapters. One © 
these plates, of very large size, represents, in an admirable style, 
the entire skeleton. The following are some of the dimensions 
given: 
Feet. In, 
Height of skeleton, ; , aed ide ae 
Length from anterior extremity of face to the commence- 
_ ment of the tail, ; ‘ : . , . 17 5 
Circumference of the trunk around the ribs, - . 37 8 
Length of tail, ‘ . : ; ‘ ; . 3 
nae “a it4 trun ; ‘ : : r "i 2 10 
_“ _ “ head from the occipital condyles in a straight | 4 
_ _line to anterior edge of tusk-socket, .  . + 
Entire length of tusk, : siege m o 
L pth of socket of tusk, : : ; ‘ . 3 8 
External length of tusk, .  . rien adage 
* p. 144. 
