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puouisville Journal the yollowing very. curious ¢ bee se 
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e Tne Missouriom—This gigantic wonder of the a 
reation has atdength aoa in our city, oe will be e : 
éd at the Washington Hallas soon as the bones, which arc |e 
fi vow contained in fourteen large boxes, can be : pat towett Higa ase pe 
his, the proprietor informs us, will be near the close of the 7 ———ia™ 
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| [n the mean time we will endeavor, from data far- || 
ished usin a printed description of the skeleton, to give our || 
eaders some idea of this mighty wonder of crea tion 
uch it may well be regarded, for, in comparison with the |} 
| Missourlum, mammoths, mastodons, and all other pi ine 4] 
liscovered monsters are but small affairs. We have already 
} ziven some account of this animal, and of the circumstances | 
i ander which it was exhumed. We have now before us an jf 
| accurate measurement of the principal bones of the s skelet 
vhieh will serve to give a better idea of its immense size cad H 
huge proportions. | 
. et skeleton measures thirty-two feet in lengthand fifteen || 
jin height. The Heep meas une from the tip of the nose to) 
; ihe spine of the neck, 6 feet. From the edge of the upper | 
ip; measuring along the ro sof of the mouth, to the socket of || 
le eye, is 3 feet ; from the lower edge of the upper lip to the 4 
irst edge of the front tox oth, 20 inches. Each jaw has 4 
/ teeth, and the upper jaw has besides two enormous tusks. 
The teeth are each4inchesbroad. The nose projects l5inches 
over the lower jaw. The tusks are 10 fee et long, exclusive | fj 
| of 1 foot and 3 inches, which forms. the root, and is buried 
in theskull. The right tusk was found firm in the head, 
‘and remained fixed in its socket Suriig its excavation and.its 
| transportation to St. Louis, which fortunate circumstance 
t+ enables us to know the exact position and situation which 
) the tusks occupied in the head of the animal during its life. \§ 
They were carried by him almost horizontally, bending (gm 
somewhat down, and then coming with their points up again 
making agumeen, from e coke paghhd to extremity, ina straight 
line acrg head, of 15 feet, The longest Tib measures 




























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length, the shortest 2 feet 3 inches, ‘Th: 
} scapula, or shoulder-bt lade, is 3 3 feet Linch in length and % 
i feet 7 inches in breadth. ‘The length of the humerus, or 3 
fore-arm, is 3 feet Da I inches, and its greatest circumference 3 
feet 3inches. ‘The femur, or thigh-bone, is 4 feet and a half 
i inch long, and 83 ches in diameter. The feet of the ani- § ‘ 
| nial appear to have been webbed. The fore foot has four (iam 
ltoes and athumh. The longest toe meastres 1 foot 8 inches, |iiiiem 
i the shortest 1 foot, and the thumb 7 inches. All the bones 
j of the animal are firm, and’ contain no marrow. The cavity 
| of the brain is quite large. 
| The proprietor, Mr. Koch, in his printed description of th 
| anit nal, makes the following rensarks on its supposed habit 
mA and nature : feos 
“The animal has been, without doubt, an inhabitaM@ of i 
‘ water-courses, such as large rivers and lakes, whaeh is , Say 
i proved by the formation of the bones: Ist, his feet wers (ae 8 
, as 
i* wehbed; 2d, ali his bones were solid and iehcit marrow, t 
| ‘as the y aquatic animals of the present day; 3d, his ribs were | aa 
i * too shah and slénder te resist the m: , pressures ar 
|‘ bruises they would be subject to on land; 4th, his legs ax 
‘ short end thick; Sth, kis tail ts flat and fia. 6th and b 7 
‘his tusks are so situated in the head that it would be utter! 
impossible for him to exist m a timbered country. His food | 
consisted, as mugh-of vesetables as flesh, alth chads he e oe 
ibtedly consumed. a great abundance of thatkathe r, and 
ene of feeding ihr self with his fore f: ot, after the: 
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