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  TWENTY-FIRST 
  REPORT 
  ON 
  THE 
  STATE 
  CABINET. 
  

  

  size 
  were 
  irregular, 
  as 
  if 
  several 
  smaller 
  ones 
  had 
  been 
  broken 
  

   through, 
  and 
  the 
  whole 
  combined 
  in 
  one 
  as 
  shown 
  in 
  the 
  sketch 
  

   Plate 
  V. 
  

  

  The 
  Skeleton. 
  

  

  All 
  the 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  skeleton 
  found 
  at 
  the 
  different 
  points 
  

   designated, 
  were 
  presented 
  to 
  the 
  State 
  Cabinet 
  of 
  Natural 
  History 
  

   by 
  Alfred 
  Wild, 
  Esq., 
  President 
  of 
  the 
  Harmony 
  Mills 
  Company, 
  

   and 
  have 
  been 
  mounted 
  in 
  the 
  position 
  represented 
  in 
  the 
  figure, 
  

   Plate 
  VI. 
  The 
  missing 
  bones 
  were 
  modeled 
  from 
  opposite 
  corres- 
  

   ponding 
  parts 
  or 
  from 
  adjacent 
  ones, 
  and 
  afterwards 
  cast 
  in 
  plas- 
  

   ter 
  of 
  Paris. 
  In 
  some 
  instances 
  recourse 
  was 
  had 
  to 
  the 
  Warren 
  

   Mastodon 
  skeleton, 
  of 
  which 
  careful 
  examinations 
  and 
  compari- 
  

   sons 
  were 
  made. 
  The 
  work 
  of 
  modeling 
  the 
  parts, 
  and 
  super- 
  

   intending 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  mounting 
  was 
  performed 
  by 
  Mr. 
  G. 
  K. 
  

   Gilbert 
  of 
  Rochester, 
  assisted 
  by 
  E. 
  E. 
  Howell 
  and 
  J. 
  W. 
  Hall.* 
  

  

  The 
  lower 
  jaw 
  of 
  the 
  animal 
  which 
  was 
  the 
  first 
  part 
  obtained, 
  

   presented 
  some 
  remarkable 
  peculiarities. 
  The 
  left 
  ramus 
  was 
  

   entire 
  carrying 
  the 
  fifth 
  and 
  sixth 
  molars. 
  The 
  right 
  ramus 
  was 
  

   obviously 
  smaller, 
  the 
  condyle 
  had 
  been 
  eroded 
  or 
  dissolved 
  in 
  

   great 
  part, 
  and 
  the 
  surface 
  roughened; 
  it 
  carried 
  but 
  a 
  single 
  

   tooth, 
  which 
  was 
  evidently 
  the 
  fourth 
  or 
  fifth 
  molar, 
  and 
  this 
  was 
  

   thrown 
  forward 
  giving 
  an 
  inclination 
  to 
  the 
  upper 
  surface 
  of 
  about 
  

   thirty 
  degrees 
  — 
  a 
  condition 
  apparently 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  want 
  of 
  support 
  

   which 
  would 
  have 
  been 
  afforded 
  by 
  the 
  last 
  or 
  sixth 
  molar 
  had 
  

   that 
  tooth 
  been 
  developed. 
  On 
  the 
  outer 
  face 
  of 
  the 
  right 
  ramus, 
  

   beneath 
  the 
  coronoid 
  process, 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  perforation 
  in 
  the 
  bone 
  

   of 
  one-tenth 
  of 
  an 
  inch 
  in 
  diameter 
  and 
  which 
  can 
  be 
  penetrated 
  

   to 
  the 
  depth 
  of 
  two 
  inches. 
  The 
  portion 
  of 
  bone 
  surrounding 
  

   this 
  opening 
  is 
  corrugated 
  as 
  if 
  ossified 
  from 
  several 
  centers 
  

   or 
  nuclei, 
  the 
  laminae 
  presenting 
  an 
  irregular 
  concentric 
  arrange- 
  

   ment. 
  From 
  the 
  position 
  and 
  appearance 
  of 
  this 
  opening 
  it 
  

   is 
  quite 
  natural 
  to 
  infer 
  that 
  there 
  had 
  been 
  an 
  abscess 
  in 
  that 
  

   jaw, 
  or 
  disease 
  and 
  decomposition 
  of 
  the 
  undeveloped 
  sixth 
  molar.f 
  

  

  The 
  skull 
  had 
  participated 
  in 
  these 
  derangements 
  and 
  was 
  

   larger 
  on 
  the 
  left 
  side 
  and 
  somewhat 
  distorted. 
  When 
  viewed 
  

  

  o 
  

  

  * 
  The 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  survey 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  bed 
  and 
  adjacent 
  country 
  was 
  also 
  in 
  charge 
  

   of 
  Mr. 
  Gilbert. 
  The 
  survey 
  and 
  measurement 
  of 
  pot-holes 
  in 
  the 
  neighborhood 
  of 
  and 
  

   beneath 
  the 
  mill, 
  and 
  the 
  diagram 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  published, 
  were 
  made 
  by 
  Mr. 
  It. 
  P. 
  Whit- 
  

   field. 
  

  

  f 
  A 
  section 
  of 
  the 
  jaw 
  has 
  since 
  been 
  made 
  and 
  this 
  portion 
  removed, 
  proving 
  the 
  cor- 
  

   rectness 
  of 
  the 
  inference 
  regarding 
  its 
  former 
  condition, 
  but 
  the 
  cavity 
  remaining 
  was 
  of 
  

   smaller 
  dimensions 
  than 
  anticipated. 
  

  

  