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niifflit have been the contents of the stomach of 

 an herbivorous animal, the carcase of which 

 might have hiin under the body of the carni- 

 vorous creature with whom it fought, and with 

 whom it fell. For there is no doubt, but that 

 a fixed and perpetual enmity reigned between 

 the mammoth and the megalonyx. Their re- 

 mains evince this ; they are constantly found 

 together; and as we are sufficiently convinced 

 that their pursuits and sensibilities differed, 

 we must ascribe this present union to their for- 

 mer hatred and animosity. I am asked, how- 

 it happens, that where the bones of both ani- 

 mals have been embedded together, those of 

 the megalonyx alone principally are found, 

 while those of the mammoth are scarcely dis- 

 cernible ? The answer is plain. The bones of 

 all herbivorous animals are, from their nature, 

 subject to decay infinitely sooner than the bones 

 of carnivorous creatures, w liich are more dura- 

 ble and capable of resistance. Hence, where 

 the mammoth and megalonyx expire together, 

 the bones of the latter may be found entire, 

 and none of the former but its tusks ; — which 

 being made of ivory, bid equal defiance to the 

 attacks of time. 



