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Harriman station (Erie Railroad). It was covered by about 6 feet 

 of muck at the bottom of a pond which had become dry at this 

 season. 



Near Vails Gate Junction. During the summer of 191 7, remains 

 of a mastodon were found on the muck land of Antonio Fisher, one- 

 half of a mile west of Temple Hill monument and 1 mile north of 

 Vails Gate Junction. The find consists of a few scattering bones 

 together with a well-preserved lower jaw containing the four teeth. 

 These remains were found in a shallow excavation 2 feet below the 

 surface. In size the jaw is slightly larger than that of the Cohoes 

 mastodon. 



Near Milton. About 1890 a very small tooth of a mastodon was 

 found near Milton by Charles Kniffen, on the farm now owned 

 (191 7) by J. R. Bray. The tooth at the present writing is in the 

 possession of the finder. 



Schenectady county 

 South Schenectady. In 191 4 a fairly well-preserved tooth of 

 medium size of the mastodon was obtained from the gravels at South 

 Schenectady by Richard Ribley, who still has possession of it. 



Cortland county 

 Near Homer. Among the collections are two mammoth teeth 

 carrying the label " from near Homer, N. Y." One is a complete 

 large specimen, the other has one end broken away. The part 

 remaining represents two-thirds of the specimen. 



Niagara county 

 Lewiston. In 191 2 the remains of mammoths were found in a 

 gravel pit of the Iroquois beach, not more than 40 rods from the 

 railroad station at Lewiston. The parts recovered include two 

 atlases, one complete molar, parts of two other molars, the pelvis, 

 a few ribs, and one vertebra. The layers of sand and gravel dip 

 at nearly 45 ° east or southeast, and the bones were found in several 

 layers aggregating 6 to 10 feet and 20 to 40 feet below the flat top 

 of the terrace. 



Warren county 



Near Queensbury. Among the collection of local objects from 

 the vicinity of Glens Falls presented to the Museum by James A. 

 Holden is a large tooth of a mammoth. The specimen was found 

 on the farm of John Harris in upper Queensbury. 



