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another animal which must have been larger 

 than the elephant ; but as no such animal is 



known, recourse must be had to the pretended 

 MAMMOTH, a fabulous animal supposed to in- 

 habit the regions of the north, where are fre- 

 quently found bones, teeth, and tusks of the 

 elepnant." Here again t'.e word elephant is 

 improperly introduced ; Messrs. Buffbn and 

 Daubenton having conceived an idea that all the 

 Siberian and some of the American bones be- 

 longed unquestionably to elephants, render their 

 observations almost unintelligible, from the con- 

 fident use of the term elephant in cases where it 

 was at least doubtful, especially as it is now 

 evident, that the same animal was native in the 

 north of both countries ; with one probable 

 difference, that the bones of the American animal 

 are comparatively thicker than the Siberian ; 

 and with this striking difference between them 

 both and the elephant, that the thigh-bones of 

 the latter are round as well as slender, whereas 

 those of the Mammoth are much flattened, so 

 as to stand obliquely in the animal. After re- 

 citing the account given by Mr. Fabry, who 

 states the place and manner in which Mr. le 

 Baron de Longueuil, Mr. de Bienville, and Mr. 

 de Lignery (lieutenant in Canada), found some 

 of these bones and teeth on the Ohio in 1740, 



