same 1 foot 6 inches; length of the bone of the 

 foreleg 2 ft. 9 inches; length of the tusks, de- 

 fenses^ or horns, 10 ft. 7 inches; circumference 

 of one tooth 1 ft. 6f inches; weight of the same 

 4 lbs. 1 oz. The whole weighing about 1 000 lbs. 



Within the breast of this skeleton Mr. Peale, 

 accompanied by a dozen of his friends, partook 

 of a superb dinner. 



The curiosity excited by this singular spec- 

 tacle was augmented by the following tradition, 

 then in circulation, and said to be delivered in 

 the terms of a Shaw^anece Indian : — 



" Ten thousand moons ago, when nought 

 but o;loomy forests covered this land of the 



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sleeping sun ; long before the pale men, with 

 thunder and fire at tlicir command, rushed on 

 the wings of the wind to ruin this garden of 

 nature ; when nought but the untamed wande- 

 rers of the woods, and men as unrestrained as 

 they, were the masters of the soil ; a race of 

 animals were in being, huge as the frowning 

 precipice, cruel as the bloody panther, swift as 

 the descending eagle, and terrible as the angel 

 ©f night. The pines ©rashed beneath their 



