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Through the polite attention of Dr. Galatiart, 

 the next place we directed our attention to was 

 a morass, eleven miles distant from the former^ 

 belonging to a Captain Joseph Barber, where, 

 eight years before, four ribs had been found in 

 digging a pit. From the description which 

 was given of their position, and the appearance 

 of the morass, which was a small one, we began 

 our operations with all the vigour a certainty of 

 success could inspire. Almost an entire set of 

 ribs were found, lying pretty much together, 

 and very entire; but as none of the back-bones 

 were found near them, sufficient proof of their 

 having been scattered, our latitude for search 

 was extended without limits ; therefore, after 

 working about two weeks, we found nothing 

 belonging to the head but two rotten tusks (part 

 of one of them is with the skeleton here), three 

 or four small grinders, a few vertebrse of the 

 tack and tail, a broken scapula, some toe-bones 

 and the ribs; these were found between four 

 and seven feet deep. 



Our next place of search (about twenty miles 

 west from the Hudson) was a most dismal mo- 

 rass ; the most awful silence reigned throughout 

 it, and not the smallest breath of air was felt ; 

 every step was taken on rotten timber and the 



