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he proceeds; '' Mr. du Hamel, of the Royal 

 Academy of Sciences, informs us that Mr. de 

 Longueuil had Hkewise brought, in 1740, some 

 very large grinders found in Canada, and per- 

 haps with the tusk and femur which I shall 

 mention. These teeth have no characters in 

 common with those of the elephant, but greatly 

 resemble the teeth of the hippopotamus, so that 

 there is reason to believe they may be part of 

 that animal ; for it can never be supposed that 

 these teeth could have been taken from the same 

 head with the tusks, or that it could have made 

 part of the same skeleton with the femur above- 

 mentioned : In supposing this, it would be ne- 

 cessary to suppose an unknown animal, which 

 had tusks similar to those of the elephant, and 

 grinders resembling those of the hippopotamus. 

 (Voye% les Memoires de I'Academie Royale des 

 Sciences, Annee i']62 J ,'' 



Here M. de BufFon, however unwillingly, has 

 drawn a true picture of the Mammoth, with 

 some little variation, inasmuch as the tusks do 

 resemble those of the elephant, except in having 

 a greater curve and spiral twist, and as the teeth 

 do resemble those of the hippopotamus, except 

 that in the latter there are never more than three 

 prongs, or blunt- pointed protuberances, on the 



