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  TWENTY-FIRST 
  REPORT 
  ON 
  THE 
  STATE 
  CABINET. 
  

  

  the 
  jaw 
  and 
  had 
  sustained 
  a 
  fracture 
  of 
  the 
  ribs; 
  the 
  Elephant 
  

   Pizarro 
  had 
  broken 
  his 
  leg 
  (femur); 
  the 
  Albany 
  Elephant 
  had 
  

   fractured 
  the 
  ilium; 
  and 
  the 
  dental 
  difficulties 
  of 
  the 
  Cohoes 
  Mas- 
  

   todon 
  may 
  have 
  prevented 
  a 
  more 
  robust 
  development. 
  

  

  Analysis. 
  — 
  A 
  qualitative 
  analysis 
  of 
  the 
  ivory 
  from 
  a 
  tusk 
  of 
  

   the 
  Cohoes 
  Mastodon, 
  by 
  Mr. 
  E. 
  J. 
  Weeks, 
  now 
  of 
  Jackson, 
  

   Mich., 
  showed 
  phosphate 
  and 
  carbonate 
  of 
  lime, 
  sesquioxide 
  of 
  

   iron, 
  and 
  a 
  trace 
  of 
  chloride 
  of 
  sodium. 
  

  

  The 
  Ulster 
  County 
  Mastodon 
  Remains. 
  

  

  There 
  are 
  in 
  the 
  Museum 
  some 
  Mastodon 
  remains 
  from 
  Ulster 
  

   Count} 
  7 
  , 
  N. 
  Y. 
  (see 
  Cabinet 
  Report 
  XIV), 
  consisting 
  of 
  an 
  imper- 
  

   fect 
  skull 
  retaining 
  the 
  last 
  molars, 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  lower 
  jaw 
  with 
  

   the 
  corresponding 
  molars, 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  femur, 
  and 
  some 
  other 
  

   bones 
  in 
  an 
  imperfect 
  condition. 
  

  

  The 
  skull 
  is 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  Cohoes 
  skeleton 
  and 
  three 
  

   inches 
  broader. 
  Its 
  ultimate 
  and 
  only 
  molars 
  are 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  

   length 
  with 
  the 
  Cohoes, 
  and 
  one-fourth 
  of 
  an 
  inch 
  broader. 
  Each 
  

   of 
  them 
  is 
  so 
  worn, 
  excepting 
  a 
  small 
  portion 
  at 
  the 
  rear, 
  as 
  to 
  

   present 
  a 
  broad, 
  concave 
  area 
  of 
  dentine, 
  bordered 
  by 
  a 
  simple 
  

   rim 
  of 
  vertical 
  enamel. 
  The 
  interior 
  cavity 
  of 
  the 
  tooth, 
  which 
  

   Dr. 
  Warren 
  was 
  lead 
  to 
  suppose 
  filled 
  in 
  old 
  age 
  by 
  successive 
  

   deposits 
  of 
  dentine 
  {Mastodon 
  giganteus, 
  p. 
  69), 
  is 
  here 
  exposed 
  

   and 
  open. 
  The 
  inferior 
  molars 
  are 
  less 
  worn, 
  and, 
  like 
  the 
  

   superior, 
  are 
  advanced 
  to 
  the 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  dental 
  groove. 
  The 
  tusk 
  

   sockets 
  measure 
  in 
  diameter 
  — 
  right 
  six 
  inches 
  and 
  one-fourth, 
  left, 
  

   six 
  inches 
  and 
  three-fourths. 
  The 
  articular 
  surface 
  for 
  the 
  jaw 
  

   is 
  not 
  in 
  the 
  glenoid 
  cavitv 
  but 
  one 
  inch 
  and 
  one-half 
  in 
  advance 
  

   upon 
  the 
  zygomatic 
  ridge, 
  showing 
  that 
  the 
  jaw 
  had 
  come 
  to 
  

   occupy 
  permanently 
  a 
  position 
  that 
  in 
  its 
  normal 
  condition 
  was 
  

   only 
  occasionally 
  assumed. 
  

  

  The 
  diameter 
  of 
  the 
  femur 
  head 
  is 
  six 
  inches 
  and 
  sixty-five 
  

   hundreths, 
  which 
  gives 
  for 
  its 
  area 
  34.74 
  square 
  inches 
  — 
  a 
  trifle 
  

   more 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  Cohoes 
  skeleton. 
  

  

  The 
  single 
  tusk 
  accompanying 
  the 
  parts 
  enumerated, 
  has 
  a 
  length 
  

   of 
  six 
  and 
  one-half 
  feet, 
  and 
  a 
  circumference 
  of 
  twenty-one 
  inches. 
  

  

  