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It would not have been a very difficult mat 

 ter to put these bones together, and they 

 would have presented the general appearance 

 of the skeleton s but the under jaw was broken 

 to pieces in the first attempt to get out the 

 bones, and nothing but the teeth and a few 

 fragments of it were now found ; the tall was 

 mostly wanting, and some toe-bones. It was, 

 therefore, a desirable object, not only to pro- 

 cure some knowledge of these deficient parts, 

 but if possible to find some other skeleton in 

 such order as to see the position, and correctly 

 to ascertain the number of the bones. In the 

 course of eighteen years there had been found 

 within twelve miles of this spot, a bone or two 

 in seven different places : concerning these we 

 made particular inquiries, but found that most 

 of the morasses had been since drained, and con- 

 sequently either the bones had been exposed to 

 a certain decay -, or else so deep, that a fortune 

 might have been spent in the fruitless pursuit. 

 But through the polite attention of Dr.Galatian, 

 we were induced to examine a small morass, 

 eleven miles distant from the former, belonging 

 to Capi. J. Barber, where, eight years before, 

 four nbs had been found in digging a pit- 



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