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about 22 inches in length, by 2 of an inch in breadth, is missing 
from the middle third of the external surface ; and the proximal ex- 
tremity has been broken off irregularly, so that the original length 
can not be accurately ascertained ; otherwise the specimen is nearly 
perfect, and in a fine state of preservation. 
The exact length of the original specimen, described by Mr. J. W. 
Foster, in the Ohio Geological Survey for 1838, is 114 inches. 
A list of the fragments of seven or eight specimens, from which the 
species is known, is given by Mr. J. A. Allen, in his ‘“ Monographs of 
North American Rodentia,’ U. S. Geol. Survey, 1877, vol. xi. Mr. 
Allen considers the animal to have been as large as a full-grown black 
bear, and states that it was probably contemporary with the Mastodon 
and Megatherium. 
Dr. Jay informs me that, should he conclude to part with the speci- 
men which forms the subject.of this communication, it will probably 
grace the museum of Erlam College, at Richmond, Indiana. 
CINCINNATI, October 9th, 1883. 
IN MEMORIAM—VACTOR T. CHAMBERS. 
Vactor Tousty CHAMBERS, was born in Burlington, the county seat 
of Boone county, Kentucky, on the 6th day of August, 1830, and died 
at his residence, in Covington, Ky., on the morning of August 7th, 
18835, from a stroke of paralysis, which occurred on the afternoon of his 
birthday, August 6th. His mother died when he was but eleven years 
of age, and his father, Mr. Charles Chambers, a lawyer by profession, 
and a gentleman of influence, culture and wealth, never remarried ; but 
by his constant care and attention, endeavored, so far as was in his 
- power, to supply the irreparable loss the son had sustained in the death 
of his mother. He received his early education at Morgan Academy, 
a then flourishing and excellent school near Burlington. At the close 
of his school life, he spent some two or three years in the study of law, 
under the tutorship of Hon. James Pryor, at that time Judge of the 
Judicial District, embracing Boone and Kenton counties. In the year 
1852 he graduated at the Louisville Law School, and entered upon the 
practice of his profession. After a short residence, he, in 1854, re- 
moved to Covington, Ky., where he continued to reside until the time 
of his death. 
Here, in 1857, he was married to Miss Nannie Pryor, who, with her 
