

AN 



HISTORICAL DISQUISITION 



ON THE 



MAMMOTH 



OR. 



dBxtat :^mertcan 3lncognitum, 



jiN EXTINCT, IMMENSE, CARNIFOROUS ANIMAL, 



WHOSE 



FOSSIL REMAINS 



HAVE B£EN FOUND IN 



iBottb 3metica. 



Containing tome introductory Objcrvatlons, a Narrative of the Dis. 

 covcry of nearly an entire Skeleton near New York, in the Autumn 

 of 1801, together with a comparative Description, and occasional 

 Remarks : illustrated with Engravings. 



By REMBRANDT PEALE. 



LONDON: 



PRINTED FOR E. LAWREMCE, No. 378, STRAND. 

 BY C. MERCIER, 



Northumberland-court, Strand. 

 1803, 



