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CONTENTS. 



APPENDIX. 



A. — Extract from a letter of Dr. Cotton Mather, of 



Boston, New England, to Dr. Woodward, 

 S..K. See., A.D. 1712 . . . .171 



B. — Account of the Exhumation of the Newburgh 



Mastodon, by J. Darraeh, Esq. . . 172 



C. — Mr. Charlesworth's Identification of the Balti- 



more Tooth 175 



D. — Correspondence between Dr. Cohen and the 



Author in regard to the Baltimore Tooth . 177 



E. — Situation in which the Cambridge Mastodon 



was discovered, being an Extract from the 

 " Proceedings of the American Philosophi- 

 cal Society" 181 



F. — Letter from Professor Silliman on Petrifac- 



tion . .' 184 



G. — Sir Charles Lyell's Views of the Deposit on 



the Mississippi containing Mastodon Re- 

 mains 186 



H. — Specification of the Shells contained in the 

 Marl in which the Newburgh Skeleton was 

 found, by Dr. A. A. Gould . . .187 



Do. — Microscopic Examination of the Marl, by Dr. 



John Bacon, jun 187 



I. — Skull of an extinct Beaver, found in a Deposit 

 corresponding with that of the Mastodon 

 Giganteus 190 



M. Pomel's VrEws of the Species 

 The Dusina Mastodon . 



Measures 



Authorities 



Explanation of Vignette and Plates 



192 

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