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the coining of the red man, the vicinity of Charleston 

 was, one might almost be tempted to say, overrun 

 with the mammoth, the mastodon, the equally huge 

 myiodon, the horse, and many another form that would 

 cause surprise, or in many cases consternation, should 

 one of them wander down the streets of the present 

 city. At a somewhat earlier date Charleston and its 

 vicinity were under the sea, and a sea swarming with 

 whales, with manatees, with sharks many times as 

 large as any to be found here now ; in fact, many of 

 the teeth indicate fish sixty to eighty feet long. (See 

 Case 31.) 



New Accessions. — At the right, as the top floor is 

 reached, is a case in which is placed new material not 

 as yet distributed among the collections. Many of 

 the specimens are transferred immediately to the col- 

 lections upon their arrival. In such cases attention is 

 called to the new material by means of the bulletin 

 board. 



Historical. — Across the hall is a case devoted to 

 historical relics of Charleston and the State. On the 

 opposite walls are a large leather back turtle and the 

 jaws of a sperm whale. Note the large teeth and 

 compare with the jaws of the Right or Greenland 

 whale in Agassiz Hall. 



