THE MISSOURIUM. 
Tuts gigantic skeleton measures 30 feet in length and 15 in 
height; the head measures, from the tip of the nose to the spine 
of the neck, 6 feet; from one zygomatic arch to the other, 4 
feet; from the lower edge of the upper lip to the first edge of 
the front tooth, 20 inches; from the front point of the lower 
jaw to the first edge of the front tooth, 8 inches; from the edge 
of the upper lip, measuring along the roof of the mouth to the 
socket of the eye, 3feet; from thence to where the atless joins 
the head, 103 inches. ‘The whole number of teeth is eight— 
thatis, four upper and four lower, not including the two tusks. 
The two upper fore teeth are 4 inches broad and 4% inches in 
length, and are situated in the head in such a manner that they 
slant towards the roof of the mouth, insomuch that their outer 
edge is 1} inch higher than their inside edge. The back teeth 
in the upper jaw are 7 inches in length, and where they unite 
with the front teeth, they are like those 4 inches broad, and 
from thence run narrower back until they end almost in a point. 
The formation of the nose is very peculiar: it consists of a bony 
substance interwoven with cells, and presents a broad, flat ap- 
pearance; it projects 13 inches over the lower jaw, and ends in 
two nostrils, which are somewhat raised on the face. This nose 
rests partly on the roof of the mouth and partly on the upper 
lip, which latter is somewhat arched on both sides, and forms 
a ridge in the centre. 
As I was successful in finding the right tusk solid in the head 
when I first discovered it, and as it remained fixed in its socket 
during its excavation and transportation over a very rough and 
wilderness country, 1 am enabled, therefore, to give a correct 
and indisputable description of the position and situation which 
the tusks occupied in the skull of the animal during its life. 
They were carried by him almost horizontally, bending some- 
what down, and coming with their points up again; their length 
is 10 feet, exclusive of 1 foot inches which form the root, and 
