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ground, on the same limestone stratum as the first men- 

 tioned 5 they were discovered by digging, in construct- 

 ing a tan vat, and were imbedded in a stiff sandy clay 

 or loam, not ferruginous as the above mentioned, and 

 the place of the latter is also somewhat lower. The 

 bones were destroyed by the laborers, except a few 

 fragments which are now in my possession, and for which 

 I am indebted to the kindness of Dr. Webb. They are 

 the extreme point of a tusk about eight inches long, the 

 crown of a tooth, a small tooth and some fragments of 

 bones ; judging from this crown they belonged to a young 

 adult animal ; the enamel is not injured ; the transverse 

 eminences are perfect, only the enamel of the small tooth 

 is partly worn off. The bones were much altered, not 

 penetrated with hydrate of iron as the first mentioned, 

 and some crumbled to dust as soon as they were exposed 

 to the action of the atmosphere ; the tusk is very much 

 of a chalky nature. 



I have in my cabinet another tooth, which was found 

 near Dandridge, Jefferson county, East Tennessee ; and 

 I am told a bone was found in digging for brick clay, in 

 the vicinity of Nashville, 



To complete the list of the localities of those in my 

 possession, I have one found near Natchez, on the Mis- 

 sissippi river, having part of the jaw bone attached to it ; 

 and one found in Indiana near the Wabash river. 



Remains of the Elephant found in Tennessee. 



Besides the remains of the Mastodon, we find also 

 those of an extinct species of Elephant, (Elaphas pri- 



