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imprint in the clay,) fourteen inches in diameter, or over forty-two inches in 

 circumference, and as it lay in situ, twelve feet in length with a curve of probably 

 two and one-half feet. At the distal end the tusk appeared to have been broken 

 off and was all of four or five inches thick, and I judge there was at least a foot 

 gone. Three feet of it were found in a state of preservation sufficient to bring 

 home, a segment of which I gave to Judge West, who will exhibit it at the Academy 



PORTION OF ULNA OF MASTODON, 53 POUNDS IN WEIGHT. 



of Science. We found but one large bone, the ulna, a drawing of which is sent, 

 with measurements. Other bones were found, presumably of the feet, but were 

 in a soft condition and could not be handled. I think the drawing will illustrate 

 the bone better than description, as the measurements are correct, and sketched 

 from the picture taken of it. It is my intention to make more trips to the remains, 

 and if possible, not wait for Gabriel's trump to arouse him from his slumbers, as 

 the neighbors would do. I have the best wishes of the Hulse brothers, in the 

 neighborhood, and others who are willing to render me all the assistance in their 

 power. From the formation of the soil, I think I shall, during the coming summer 

 have a rare treat for the scientists of Kansas City. I will keep the Review posted 

 in the discoveries as they progress from time to time. 



ARCHEOLOGY. 



THE CONNECTION BETWEEN ARCHEOLOGY AND HISTORY. 



A. J. CONANT, ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI. 



I am asked " whether it is the common understanding of anthropologists and 

 archaeologists that the pre-historic men of the Stone, Bronze and Iron epochs are, 

 as Quatrefages states in regard to the Canstadt race, traceable continuously and 

 connectedly ' through the entire space of time which has elapsed from the Quater- 

 nary period to the present day,' or that there is a gap between those of the Iron 

 age and the pre-historic Egyptians, Chaldeans, etc." 



As far as I am able to judge, I believe the statement of Quatrefages explains 



