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amused and fatigued us for a long while; un- 

 til witli empty pockets, low spirits, and 

 languid workmen, we were about to quit the 

 morass with but a small collection, though 

 in good preservation, of ribs, toe and leg 

 bones, &c. In the meanwiiile, to leave no 

 means untried, the ground was searched in 

 various directions with long-pointed rods and 

 cross handles : after some practice, we were 

 able to distinguish by the feel whatever sub- 

 stances we touched harder than the soil -, and 

 by this means, in a very unexpected direction, 

 though not more than twenty feet from the 

 first bones that were discovered, struck upon 

 a large collection of bones, which were dug 

 to and taken up with every possible care. 

 They proved to be a humerus, or large bone 

 of the right leg, with the radius and ulna of 

 the left, the right scapula, the atlas, several 

 toe-bones, and, the great object of our pur- 

 suit, a complete under jaw! 



After such a variety of labour and length of 

 fruitless expectation, this success was ex- 

 tremely grateful to all parties, and the un- 

 conscious woods echoed with repeated huzzas, 



