MASTODONS, MAMMOTHS AND OTHER PLEISTOCENE MAMMALS 25 



hope of unearthing the entire skeleton. They also believe other 

 skeletons may be found there." 



The printed article also includes a brief account of the mastodon, 

 found on the Schaeffer farm near Newburg on the opposite side of 

 the Hudson river. The latter find is described under Orange 

 county in this paper. 



Genesee County 



24 1835? Stafford. A mastodon tooth from this place is re- 

 ported by Hall 24 who states, " In a small muck swamp in Stafford, 

 Genesee county, a small molar tooth was found several years since. 

 Its situation was beneath the muck, and upon a deposit of clay and 

 sand." 



25 1841. LeRoy. Concerning this find we have only the brief 

 account given by Hall, 25 " In 1841, a molar tooth, weighing 2 pounds, 

 was found in a bed of marl 3 miles south of LeRoy." 



26 1897. Batavia. In September of this year, some remains of 

 a mastodon were found on the Baker farm about a mile south of 

 Batavia. Accounts of the discovery were published in the Buffalo 

 Express of September 10 and nth. The animal was identified as 

 the mastodon by Prof. H. L. Ward of Rochester, who visited the 

 locality and saw the parts of the skeleton that were recovered. 



One of the tusks of the mastodon was first encountered at a depth 

 of 3 feet in making an excavation which was said to have been in 

 a soil of the nature of quicksand saturated with water. This indi- 

 cates that the locality was not a true peat bog. The published 

 account also states that " the tusk and rib were found on high land," 

 probably near the margin of a swamp as indicated by the saturated 

 condition of the soil. 



Among the other parts recorded as being found was a second 

 tusk of pure cream color found at a depth of about 4 feet. This 

 tusk, probably broken, was about 3^ feet long and weighed about 

 32 pounds. It was shorter than the first tusk, which had a length 

 of 5 feet, with a diameter of 5 inches at its larger end and 2^2' 

 inches at the point. A portion of a jaw with two teeth, one of 

 which weighed 4^2 pounds, was obtained. Some vertebrae, a rib 

 and larger bones, probably leg bones, and part of skull were also 

 uncovered. See Clarke N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 69, 1903, p. 932. 



27 1908. Batavia. This find is reported by Clarke, 26 who states, 



24 Nat. Hist. N. Y., Geol. 4th Dist. 1843, P- 364. 



25 Nat. Hist. N. Y., Geol. 4th Dist. 1843, p. 364. 

 M N. Y. State Mus. Bui. 140, 1910, p. 46. 



