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COINCIDENT EXISTENCE OE THE MASTODON AND ELEPHAS 



PRIMIGENIUS. 



The remains of Elephas Priniigenius are abundantly found, both in this 

 country and in Europe. In this country they are met with in company with 

 those of the Mastodon G-iganteus, in Ohio, South Carolina, &c. Remains 

 have been found in New England, where are also some, though very few, 

 relics of -the Mastodon Giganteus. In digging a railroad in Eutland, Vt., 

 at an elevation of thirteen hundred and fifty feet above the level of Lake 

 Champlain, various bones of the Elephas Primigenius were discovered two 

 years since ; particularly a fine tooth, some vertebra? and ribs. A part 

 of these are in the possession of Professor Agassiz, and a part in my hands, 

 for which I am indebted to Samuel Henshaw, Esq., of Boston. On com- 

 paring a considerable number of these teeth from Alabama and other 

 places in the southern part of the United States with those from different 

 parts of Europe, I do not perceive any remarkable difference. 



In Europe the bones of the Mastodon Angustidens and Longirostris 

 are much earlier than those of Elephas Primigenius, the latter existing 

 altogether in diluvial deposits. For example, in Auvergne the bones of the 

 Mastodon Angustidens are found in pliocene ; while, according to M. Pamel, 

 as stated in a letter to me from the learned M. E. Desor, the Elephas 

 exists in diluvium. 



