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were here found, appertained to a race totally different from any elephants now known to 

 naturalists. 



Having thus detailed to you the information, as far as is practicable, in the form of a 

 letter, permit me to congratulate you on the prospect which is opening for scientific re- 

 search in our state. Much has been done to elevate the character of our beloved comv 

 try ; but it is certainly not saying too much, to observe, that the field of enterprise and 

 research, yet unexplored, is widely expanded, and requires the unremitted attention of 

 profoundly learned men, further to develop the occult treasure of natural history. Under 

 your auspices, and the learned gentlemen associated with you, I trust public expectation 

 will be fully realized, from the discoveries of " the Literary and Philosophical Society of 

 New-York." 



Permit me, in concluding this letter, to renew to you the considerations of my best 

 esteem, with a wish, that the friendly intercourse which has so long and sincerely existed 

 between us, may continue until separated by that event which awaits us all. 



Your very obedient and humble servant, 



SILVANUS MILLER. 

 The Honourable De Witt Clinton, 



President of the Literary and Philosophical Society of New- York. 

 New-York, October, 1814. 



NOTE O. 



The white, brown, or grizzly bear, is of all colours, from a brown to almost a perfect 

 white. It is much taller and longer than the common bear ; the belly is more lank. It 

 runs much swifter, and its claws, tusks, and head, are much larger and longer, and it has a 

 large tuft on the back of its neck. One was shot on Lewis and Clarke's expedition, 

 which weighed between five and six hundred pounds at least, and measured eight feet 

 seven inches and a half from the nose to the extremity of the hind feet ; five feet ten 

 inches round the breast ( three feet eleven inches round the neck ; one foot eleven inches 

 round the middle of the fore leg ; and his talons, five on each foot, were four inches and three- 

 eighths. Its talons are much longer and more blunt than those of the common bear ; its 

 tail shorter ; its hair longer, finer, and more abundant ; its liver, lungs, and heart, much 

 larger, even in proportion to its size; the heart particularly, being equal to that of a large 

 ox ; its maw ten times larger ; its testicles pendent from the belly, and in separate 



