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this animal was embedded, that I defpair of finding 
any whole bones : But I think thefe fragments are 
fufficient to (hew, that the elephant was as large as 
that mention’d by Fentzelius, in thefe Tran factions. 
The apex of the tulk, which I preferv’d, and the 
acetabulum before you, were both found within 
twenty feet of the other bones mention'd, and are, as 
I apprehend, in better condition than they*are, from 
their being taken up immediately upon being dif- 
cover’d, and not left to be expos’d to the injury of 
the weather, and violence of the tides ; which foon 
affedts bodies fo expos’d, after having lain under 
ground for ages. 
LXXXIV. A Letter fro??i Mr . John Ellis, 
jp. R. S. to Mr . Peter Collinfon, F. R. S. 
concerning the a?iimal Life of thofe Coral- 
lines , that look like mmute Trees , and grow 
upon Oyflers and Fucus s all round the Sea- 
coajl of this Kingdom . 
SIR, 
Read June 13, f "| ^ H E doubts, that I find ftill remain 
I75+ ’ JL °n the minds of many curious and 
learned men of the animal nature of corallines, on 
account of their beautiful ramifications, and regular 
plant-like appearances, determin’d me to perfuade 
our ingenious friend, Mr. Ehret, to accompany me 
to the fea-fide, that he might there be an eye-witnefs 
of what I had advanced to you, and many other 
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