NARRATIVE. 



IN the spring of 1 80 1, receiving informa- 

 tion from a scientific correspondent in the 

 state of New- York, that in the autumn of 1799, 

 many bones of theMAMMoxn had been found 

 in digging a marle-pit in the vicinity of New- 

 burgh, which is situated on the river Hudson, 

 sixty-seven miles from the city of New- York, 

 my father, Charles Wilson Peale, immediately 

 proceeded to the spot, and through the po- 

 liteness of Dr. Graham, whose residence on 

 the banks of the Wall-kill enabled him to be 

 present when most of the bones were dug up, 

 received every information with respect to 

 what had been done, and the most probable 

 means of future success. The bones that had 

 been found were then in the possession of the 

 farmer who discovered them, heaped on the floor 

 of his garret or granary, where they were oc- 

 casionally visited by the curious. These my 



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