Misceli. Subj. CIX. Vol. VI. No. 63. 



A FRAGMENT OF A DUG OUT ELEPHANT'S TOOTH. 



A few years ago a scientìfica! landlord in 

 France , whose name is Lavaleite , disco- 

 ver' d at the clearing of a fountain in his gar- 

 den , but 5 feet deep, under the surface of 

 the earth, an upper end of two feet, of an 

 Elephant's tooth, all-over surrounded with 

 tophus. A part of it we view here represen- 

 ted , the ivory was , besides the exterior crust, 

 still perfectly useful. 



It is one of the most remarkable things 

 of the earlier history of our globe, that not 

 only in Germany, but almost in all parts of 

 Europe and Asia, as far as Siberia, skeletons 



and teeth of Elephants, which alrea<ty peo- 

 pled our earth, before men existed, at a 

 small depth under the surface of the earth, 

 are dug out. It is now by the knowledge of 

 comparative Anatomy evinced, that these dug 

 out skeletons belong neither to the African 

 nor Asiatic Elephant, the two only yet living 

 kinds of this animal. But these remains of 

 bones come from the Elephant of the primi- 

 tive world, of which till now no living trace 

 has been found. 



The more ample explanation of this in- 

 teresting matter will be found in the com- 

 mentary upon this Number. 



