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ever they could find safety. Their lot has been 

 different. Some in a longer, and some in a 

 shorter time after their death, have been trans- 

 ported to great distances by some vast inunda- 

 tions. Those, on the contrary, which survived, 

 and wandered far to the north, must have fallen 

 victims to the rigour of the climate. 



In the year 1767, Doctor Hunter had an 

 opportunity of investigating more particularly 

 this part of natural history ; and has evi- 

 dently endeavoured to prove, that these fossil 

 bones and tusks are not only larger than the 

 generality of elephants', but that the tusks 

 are more twisted, or have more of a spiral curve 

 than elephants' ; and that the thigh and jaw 

 bones differ, in several respects, from those of 

 the elephant: but what appeared to put the 

 matter beyond all dispute, was, the shape of 

 the grinders, which seemed to belong to a carni- 

 vorous animal, or at least to an animal of the mix- 

 ed kind. Some have supposed these bones to be- 

 longtothe hippopotamus^ orriver horse; butthere 

 are many reasons against this supposition, as that 

 animal is even much smaller than the elephant, 

 and has such remarkably short legs, that his 

 feelly reaches within a few inches of the ground. 



