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FOOD AND HAIR, 



Found at Food. — When the lacustrine deposit at Newburgh, in which our Mastodon 



Ncwburgh. 



was found, was laid open, and part of its contents had been removed, a 

 mass of substance resembling the crushed branches of trees was noticed, 

 though at first with little attention. Dr. Prime, who was present, describes 

 its appearance as follows : — 



" In the midst of the ribs, imbedded in the marl and unmixed with 

 shells or carbonate of lime, was a mass of matter, composed principally of 

 the twigs of trees broken into pieces of about two inches in length, and 

 varying in size from very small twigs to half an inch in diameter. There 

 was mixed with these a large quantity of finer vegetable substance, like 

 finely divided leaves ; the whole amounting to from four to six bushels. 

 From the appearance of this, and its situation, it was supposed to be the 

 contents of the stomach ; and this opinion was confirmed on removing 

 the pelvis, underneath which, in the direction of the last of the intestines, 

 was a train of the game material, about three feet in length and four inches 

 in diameter." 



Soon after, the side of the excavation fell in, and enveloped these 

 substances in such a way that a small portion only of them could be pre- 



