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elephantine, Hunter was the only naturalist^ 

 who, judging impartially, and abiding by the 

 invariable features of nature, was satisfied that 

 they were not, and that the teeth were never used 

 in the mastication of vegetables. The weight 

 of Hunter's authority inclined many to his 

 opinion among the English, but more among 

 the French and Germans confided in the judg- 

 ment of Daubenton. The discovery of two 

 skeletons, and a third collection of bones, in 

 the state of New-York, has put the subject 

 beyond the reach of question ; and we are now 

 satisfied that there formerly existed a stupen- 

 dous animal in North America, with many 

 peculiar characters. If there were no other 

 instances of the remains of unknown, I may 

 say, extinct animals, it would be difficult to 

 receive this as the first evidence of the kind; 

 but the world teems with them , all Europe 

 abounds with them 3 and in America already 

 there have been foundyi//r of a large size, and 

 several of a smaller. 



The immense quantity of animal remains 

 found in limestone, and the perfect impres- 

 sions of vegetables in slatc^ not only prove a 



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