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cover contain a long-cited article* which makes the Zeuglodon 
the Leviathan of Job — thus showing apparently that his pre- 
vious convictions were not too strong for a change of opinion, 
especially after the Missourium had turned into a Mastodon. 
The special statements respecting the mode of occurrence of 
the human relics cited on pages 338 to 340 remain for con- 
sideration. 
In the account of the deposits which afforded the Missourium, 
Dr. Koch speaks of “ the present surface as consisting of a 
delta or alluvial deposit/’ which suggests a doubt as to whether 
the overlying beds of sand and pebbles may not have been of 
very recent formation' through river action. It is not made 
certain that they were true Champlain deposits. He says that 
one arrow-head lay “ immediately under the femur or thigh- 
bone;” and he further states, in his later article of 1857, that 
he “ carefully thought to investigate” the point as to its having 
“ been brought thither after the deposit of the bone,” and 
decided against it. The observation and conclusion would 
have been more satisfactory had the author of them been a 
better observer. 
The description of the deposits in Grasconade County, con- 
taining the remains of an animal “ the principal part of which 
had been consumed by fire,” is a still more unsatisfactory basis 
for a safe conclusion as to age. But in the article of 1857 he 
says that “the layer of ashes, &c., was covered by strata of 
alluvial deposits consisting of clay, sand, and soil from eight 
to nine feet thick; forming the bottom of the Bourbeuse [River] 
in general ,” which seems to make it almost certain that the 
beds were of quite recent origin. Neither in the account of 
1839, nor of 1843, is the kind of animal mentioned; that of 
1 843 saying that “ they were the remains of an animal which 
had clawed feet and was of the size of an elephant,” and that 
“ the construction of the foot [forefoot] shows that it possessed 
much power in grasping and holding objects ;” hut in that of 
1857 he says “the hones were sufficiently well preserved to 
enable one to decide positively that they belong to the Mastodon 
giganteus .” 
The tragic part of the story — about the elephantine beast 
having been burnt alive by the Indians after they had used 
their hows, and also thrown more than a hundred and fifty 
great pieces of rocks “two to twenty-five pounds in weight” at 
him in vain — is an hypothesis in keeping with the rest of his 
documents. A fire kindled about the shoulders of a mired 
Mastodon would have taken long to get through the hide and 
* It is headed “From the New York Evangelist,” and must have been 
written in 1845, when the skeleton was on exhibition in New York City. 
The author’s name is not given. 
