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by the title of Mammoth bones : the teeth how- 

 ever, (that is the grinders,) are of an appearance 

 widely different from those of the Elephant, being 

 deeply lobed on the top, like those of Carnivorous 

 animals. Of this curious, and at present unknown 

 animal in a recent state, the complete skeleton 

 has been of late discovered in North America, 

 and was, as is well known, exhibited in this me- 

 tropolis. Every one must have been struck with 

 its general similitude to that of an Elejohant, but 

 the grinders or lateral teeth, as before observed, 

 are of a very different appearance, and seem to 

 indicate an animal of a carnivorous nature. By 

 Mr. Pemiant this animal is considered as a species 

 of Elephant, under the title of the America?! Ele- 

 phant, and he seems to be of opinion that it may 

 yet exist in some of the remote parts of the 

 American Continent yet unvisited by Europeans. 

 Others have supposed it an animal of an extinct 

 species, and in reality allied only to the Elephant 

 in the general size and appearance of its bones, 

 while some particular parts seem to prove a dif- 

 ferent tribe, and there have not been wantinsr 

 some, who have even imagined it to be a marine 

 animal. All however is at present conjectural on 



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