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the extremities of the great animal of the sloth 

 genus, which M. Jefferson first discovered, and 

 named megalonyx : they are found in America, 

 in the caverns of Virginia, similar to those in 

 Germany. M. Peale of Philadelphia presented 

 these casts to the Museum. 



These are followed by the bones of lamentins 

 and seals, almost all found in the department of 

 Maine and Loire, and presented by M. Pienou, 

 professor of natural history. Some come from 

 the Isle of Aix, and were given by M. Fleuriau de 

 Bellevue. 



Further on we see bones of cetaceae, collected 

 in different places. The most remarkable are: 

 i st. The head of a small species of whale, which 

 appears to differ much from those now existing ; 

 it was found near the sea shore at Sos in the de- 

 partment of the Bouches du Rhone. The Museum 

 is indebted for it to M. Raimond Gorse, surveyor 

 of roads and bridges. 2d. Another small head of 

 a whale, different from the preceding, dug up in 

 the trenches made for the basin at Antwerp, and 

 sent to the Museum by M. le comte Dejean, then 

 senator. 3d. An enormous radius of a whale or 

 physeter, found in digging the canal of Caen, and 

 sent by M. Roussel, professor of natural history. 

 Several vertebrae have been collected from the 

 basin at Antwerp, and given by M. le Chantcur. 



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