1857.] BOLLAERT MASTODON REMAINS. 293 



In the "Annals of the University of Chile" for 1850, there is a 

 paper on the geology of that country, by Don V. Bustillos, in which, 

 with reference to this lake, he says, " Another geological object of 

 interest is the Lake of Taguatagua ; it is now dried up. It formerly 

 occupied a circular depression in the chain of mountains towards the 

 coast, which are of secondary formation. Its shores were well wooded, 

 and there was abundance of Typha, known as ' Tortora ' or Flag ; 

 its waters were full of fish, the Cyprinus (^Pejerey,' or King-fish) 

 predominating. This vicinity has been inhabited by gigantic extinct 

 animals, the teeth of one of which, probably the Mastodon, are to be 

 seen in the national museum at Santiago." 



[Note. — The fragments of bone from the "Lake Taguatagua, 

 45 leagues south of Santiago de Chile," are parts of a femur and 

 tibia of a Mastodon, probably Mast. Andium, Cuvier. — R. Owen, 

 British Museum, Dec. 10, 1856.] 



