CALHOUN COUNTY. 



• From the clay (drift clay) in the side of a ravine in Calhoun 



county, Illinois, we recovered the jaw of an elephant beside which 



Jumbo would seem small. One of the teeth from this jaw weighs 



nearly eighteen pounds. - 



I'McAdams, Transactions, St. Louis Academy of Science, Vol. IV, No. ,3, 

 p. Ixxix.) 



CHRISTIAN COUNTY. 



Sangamon River. — A tooth of a mammoth was found b}'^ Da- 

 vid Miller in a sand drift near the South Fork of the Sangamon 

 river, and was presented to the State Cabinet. This specimen is 

 of a chalky white color and does not appear to have been impreg- 

 nated with any mineral substance since it was imbedded in the 



earth. 



(Illinois Geological Survey, Vol. I, p. 3S.) 



COOK COUNTY. 



Evanston. — The tooth of a mammoth was taken from a 

 gravel pit near Evanston. It was placed in the Museum of North- 

 western University. 



(Reported liy Prof. V. S. Grant, Northwestern University.) 



Glencoe.—A fragment of a mastodon tooth four and three- 

 fourths inches long was dug up bj^ Jlr. James Robertson while 

 ditching in glacial drift at Glencoe. The fragment, which is 

 from the proximal end, is now in the possession of Mr. Walter 

 O'Neill of Lake Forest. 



(Reported l)y Prof. James G. Needham, Lake Forest College.) 



