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snd presented to us by Drs. Graham and Post. 

 They were a rib, the sternum, a femur, tibia and 

 fibula, and a patella or knee-pan. 



Some of the neighbours, with an eye to the 

 certain prospedl of profit, began to think of 

 finding a similar treasure in their morasses ; and 

 one actually began his operations, but was 

 quickly deterred by the rising difficulties, al- 

 though he had some reason to hope for success, 

 eighteen years before, several bones having 

 been discovered in the same spot, and by a Ger- 

 man phyfician forwarded to England. We ex- 

 amined the place, and were of opinion, as the 

 morass had been since drained, that the remain- 

 ing bones must necessarily have decayed in con- 

 sequence of their exposure to the air, alternately 

 wet and dry. 



We visited every spot in the neighbourhood 

 where any bones had ever been found, and we 

 knew of seven within ten mites square ; but there 

 appeared no prospect of success adequate to 

 the expence and difficulty : So that, after a la- 

 borious campaign of three months, we carefully 

 packed up, in distinct cases, our venerable relics, 

 and loading two waggons with them, bade adieu 

 to the vallies and mountains of Shawangunk, 



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