FOSSIL MASTODON AND MAMMOTH REMAINS. 39 



tion fourteen, township twenty-two, range three, and made a 

 careful examination of the objects and the locality where they 

 were discoA'ered. The remains consisted of the following teeth ■ 

 and bones of Elephas primigenius, viz.; the two upper molars — 

 beautiful specimens, very well preserved and nearlj' black. The 

 grinding- surface on each is eleven by four and three-fourths inches, 

 and the greatest depth of the tooth nine and one half inches. To 

 each of these teeth is attached a portion of the jaw-bone, showing 

 also a part of the socket of the tusk. 



A fragment of a tusk, thirty inches in length and twenty-one 

 inches in circumference. It is very much decomposed and falls to 

 pieces rapidly. A considerable quantity of finely broken frag- 

 ments was also found. 



The atlas, absolutely perfect. The extreme width of this bone 

 is seventeen and one half inches; its anterior-posterior diameter, 

 nine inches: articulating surface, ten by four and one half inches. 



Three other well preserved vertebrae, one cervical, one lumbar, 

 one uncertain, having an articulating surface of six and one half 

 inches in diameter. 



The left scapula, from which a portion is- broken off. Its ex- 

 treme length is thirty-four inches: greatest width of part pre- 

 served, twenty inches; articulating surface, niae and one half by 

 six inches. 



One segment of sternum, verj^ perfect. Its dimensions are: 

 length, eleven inches; depth, six and one half inches; and width, 

 four and one half inches. 



Head of femur, of hemispherical form, seven and one half indi- 

 es in diameter. 



A portion of humerus, thirty-six inches long, both extremities 

 wanting, and the whole much decayed and very fragile. 



One fibula, quite perfect, twenty-seven and a half inches long. 



Several fragments of ribs, one piece three feet in length, and 

 some of the pieces indicating the full length of a rib to be over five 

 feet. In addition, there were a good manv small and indetermin- 



