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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  some 
  of 
  its 
  substance 
  lost, 
  weighed 
  not 
  less 
  than 
  81 
  pounds, 
  was 
  

   3 
  feet, 
  g]/ 
  2 
  inches 
  long; 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  where 
  it 
  was 
  comparatively 
  

   flat 
  its 
  circumference 
  was 
  only 
  20 
  inches 
  but 
  on 
  the 
  lower 
  joint 
  

   2 
  feet, 
  6y 
  2 
  inches. 
  The 
  tusk 
  was 
  3 
  feet 
  long, 
  4 
  inches 
  in 
  diameter 
  

   at 
  the 
  end, 
  but 
  it 
  was 
  not 
  entire. 
  I 
  could 
  see 
  no 
  evidence 
  of 
  its 
  

   being 
  twisted. 
  The 
  molar 
  tooth 
  which 
  I 
  received 
  as 
  a 
  gift, 
  weighed 
  

   easily 
  6 
  pounds 
  and 
  the 
  crown 
  was 
  armed 
  with 
  three 
  wedge-shaped 
  

   elevated 
  processes. 
  1 
  

  

  The 
  first 
  two 
  pieces 
  were 
  given 
  to 
  the 
  library 
  in 
  Philadelphia 
  

   where 
  I 
  afterward 
  had 
  the 
  opportunity 
  of 
  seeing 
  them. 
  As 
  an 
  

   incident 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  observed 
  that 
  the 
  officer 
  referred 
  to, 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  

   fetch 
  these 
  three 
  pieces 
  from 
  their 
  locality 
  a 
  few 
  miles 
  from 
  the 
  

   boat 
  on 
  the 
  Ohio, 
  paid 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  soldiers 
  a 
  slight 
  pourboir 
  of 
  1000 
  

   paper 
  dollars 
  equivalent 
  in 
  value 
  to 
  2400 
  Rhenish 
  florins. 
  Besides 
  

   the 
  molar 
  referred 
  to 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  in 
  Philadelphia 
  in 
  the 
  

   collection 
  of 
  Mr 
  du 
  Sumetiere, 
  several 
  others, 
  found 
  in 
  other 
  

   parts 
  of 
  America. 
  These 
  were 
  all 
  quite 
  similar 
  and 
  some 
  

   had 
  the 
  elevated 
  processes 
  of 
  the 
  crown 
  particularly 
  sharp, 
  

   while 
  in 
  others 
  they 
  were 
  low. 
  If 
  this 
  style 
  of 
  tooth 
  only 
  

   were 
  always 
  found 
  among 
  the 
  elephantlike 
  bones 
  discovered 
  

   at 
  various 
  separated 
  places 
  in 
  America, 
  then 
  the 
  assumption 
  

   that 
  they 
  belonged 
  to 
  an 
  ancient 
  race 
  of 
  American 
  elephants 
  would 
  

   be 
  much 
  strengthened. 
  It 
  has 
  recently 
  become 
  known 
  that 
  the 
  soot 
  

   on 
  the 
  Ohio 
  is 
  not 
  the 
  only 
  one 
  in 
  North 
  America 
  where 
  similar 
  

   remains 
  of 
  these 
  animals 
  are 
  found. 
  Teeth 
  have 
  been 
  discovered 
  

   on 
  the 
  Tar 
  river 
  in 
  North 
  Carolina, 
  near 
  Yorktown 
  in 
  Pennsylvania 
  

   and 
  in 
  Ulster 
  county 
  in 
  New 
  York. 
  Catesby 
  mentions 
  an 
  elephant 
  

   tusk 
  dug 
  up 
  in 
  South 
  Carolina 
  ; 
  Kalm 
  an 
  entire 
  skeleton 
  in 
  the 
  

   country 
  of 
  the 
  Illinois 
  and 
  others 
  have 
  been 
  found 
  in 
  South 
  Amer- 
  

   ica. 
  The 
  largest 
  collection 
  of 
  the 
  Ohio 
  fossil 
  bones 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  pos- 
  

   session 
  of 
  Dr 
  Morgan 
  of 
  Philadelphia. 
  On 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  trackless 
  

   distance 
  it 
  was 
  formerly 
  very 
  difficult 
  to 
  obtain 
  these 
  remains 
  which 
  

   had 
  to 
  be 
  brought 
  by 
  a 
  long 
  circuit 
  down 
  to 
  New 
  Orleans 
  and 
  then 
  

   up 
  to 
  Philadelphia 
  by 
  sea. 
  Now 
  the 
  settlement 
  of 
  Kentucky 
  affords 
  

   better 
  prospect 
  of 
  an 
  early 
  and 
  more 
  exact 
  knowledge 
  of 
  the 
  remark- 
  

   able 
  bone 
  deposit. 
  It 
  would 
  be 
  superfluous 
  to 
  repeat 
  the 
  various 
  

   theories 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  advanced 
  to 
  explain 
  the 
  occurrence 
  of 
  

   this 
  accumulation 
  of 
  remains 
  of 
  so 
  very 
  strange 
  an 
  animal. 
  Floods, 
  

   marvelous 
  changes 
  of 
  climate, 
  of 
  the 
  earth's 
  center 
  of 
  gravity 
  and 
  

   of 
  its 
  axis, 
  have 
  been 
  invoked. 
  The 
  American 
  hunters 
  satis 
  fv 
  them- 
  

   selves 
  with 
  the 
  explanation 
  that 
  these 
  were 
  real 
  elephants 
  killed 
  off 
  

   by 
  a 
  hard 
  winter 
  which 
  they 
  were 
  not 
  able 
  to 
  withstand 
  and 
  to 
  sun- 
  

   port 
  their 
  opinions 
  they 
  point 
  out 
  that 
  often 
  an 
  extraordinarily 
  

  

  1 
  This 
  molar 
  is 
  now 
  in 
  the 
  very 
  fine 
  scientific 
  collection 
  of 
  Privy 
  Coun- 
  

   selor 
  Schmidel 
  of 
  Anspach 
  and 
  both 
  in 
  respect 
  to 
  weight 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  in 
  

   entire 
  structure 
  entirely 
  different 
  from 
  the 
  elephant's 
  tooth 
  with 
  which 
  

   the 
  Privy 
  Counselor 
  has 
  compared 
  it. 
  The 
  molar 
  of 
  an 
  elephant 
  which 
  

   Mr 
  Sparrmann 
  has 
  described, 
  weighed 
  only 
  <\V 
  2 
  pounds. 
  

  

  