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part of the globe. It is, therefore, extremely 

 probable that whenever and by whatever 

 means the extirpation of these tremendous 

 animals was effected, the same cause muft 

 have operated in the destruction of all those 

 inhabitants from whom there might have been 

 transmitted some satisfactory account of these 

 stupendous beings, which at all times must 

 have filled the human mind with surprise and 

 wonder. 



