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would have been to decide the Humeri, which 

 accrmpanied them, to have belonged to a 

 c;icrantic Horse; for the Humeri of the Mam- 

 moth do not differ so much from those of the 

 Horse, as the Fen.cri do from those of the 

 Elephant. 



The bones found in America were always 

 acccmpanied with teeth of a very peculiar 

 structure, unlike those, whether large or small, 

 belonging to any animal known, but most 

 resembling those of the Hog, and the young 

 and unused teeth of the Hippopotamus : they 

 were, therefore, suspected to have been part 

 of an immense Hippopotamus, rather than 

 tolerate the idea that there had ever existed a 

 species of animal no longer in existence. But 

 since it was evident that there had existed a 

 large unkmi^n quadruped, of which these 

 were the teeth, how could it appear improba- 

 ble that the other bones accompanying them 

 should have belonged to the same animal, 

 because they bore some resemblance to the 

 Elephant ? Yet it was doubtful : and, while 

 Buffon, Daubenton, Gmellin, and Sloane, 

 were afraid to find the bones otherwise than 



