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tibia and fibula, and a patella or knee-pan. 

 One of the ribs had found its way into an ob- 

 scure farm-house, ten miles distant, to which 

 we fortunately traced it. 



Thus terminated this strange and laborious 

 campaign of three months, during which we 

 were wonderfully favoured, although vegeta- 

 tion suffered, by the driest season which had 

 occurred within eight years. Our venerable 

 relics were carefully packed up in distinct 

 cases 'y and, loading two waggons with them, 

 we bade adieu to the vallies and stupendous 

 mountains of Shawangunk : so called by their 

 former inhabitants, the Indiana of the Dela- 

 ware tribe. The three sets of bones were 

 kept distinct : with the two collections which 

 were most numerous, it was intended to form 

 two skeletons, by still keeping them separate, 

 and filling up the deficiencies in each by arti- 

 ficial imitations from the other, and from 

 counterparts in themselves. For inftance, in 

 order to complete the first skeleton, whi<:h was 

 found at Masten's, the under jaw was to be 

 modelled from this, which is the only intire 

 one that has yet been discovered, although we 



