24 DESCRIPTION OF THE SIVATHERIUM 



the mouth. We have only to apply analogous conditions to a ruminant, and a 

 trunk is equally required. In fact, the Camel exhibits a rudimentary form 

 of this organ, under different circumstances. The upper lip is cleft; each 

 of the divisions is separately moveable and extensible, so as to be an excellent 

 organ of touch. 



The fossil was discovered near the Marlmnda river, in one of the 

 small valleys which stretch between the Kydrda-chhi and the valley of Pm- 

 jbr in the Sivdlik or Sub-himalayan belt of hills, associated with bones of 

 the fossil Elephant, Mastodon, Rhinoceros, Hippopotamus, &c. So far as 

 our researches yet go, the Sivatherium was not numerous. Compared with 

 the Mastodon and Hippopotamus, ( H. S'wdlensis, Nobis, a new species 

 characterized by having six incisors in either jaw) it was very rare. 



Northern Docih, September 15, 1835. 



