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Homer, February 1, 1853. 

 MR. GEBHARD : 



Dear Sir — I send you, to be placed in the State Cabinet of Natural History, 

 a cast of one of the molar teeth of the MJlephas americanus. The original was 

 found, in the summer of 1847, in the bank of a small stream about two and a 

 half miles northwest of Homer. The stream had washed away a part of the bank, 

 and left a part of the tooth exposed, lying about twenty inches below the sur- 

 face, in an alluvial formation resting on a gravel base. The tooth is in a good 

 state of preservation, the grinding surface of the crown retaining its polish, etc. 

 The original is in the cabinet of Cortland Academy, in this village. 



Kespectfully yours, 



C. GREEN. 



