[. 4 ° ]. 
at Tome little distance from others, it might 
be of fervice towards afcertaining the lpecies 
of this animal, to expofe or uncover one 
compleat fett of bones, without moving any- 
one of them from its place ; and to make a 
general drawing of the whole, as they appear 
in that lituation ; and to (end as many of 
them as are tolerably perfedt over to Eng- 
land, with that drawing. 
Lord Shelburne was pleafed to take the care of 
this propofal upon himfelf; and in proper time will 
probably receive luch information as may be fa- 
tisfadlory. 
I thought it would be advifeable, in the mean 
time, to colledt all the. information I could upon this 
fubjedl ; and to lay the relult of fuch enquiries be- 
fore this Society : that thofe who may have better 
opportunities might be invited to the fubjedt, and 
no longer leave fo capital an article of natural hiftory 
uncertain. 
I examined all the foffil teeth, as they are called, 
in the Mufaeum of this Society, and the head and 
teeth of an hippopotamus. Then, with Dr. Knight 
firft, and a fecond time with Dr. Solander, I ex- 
amined all the foffil teeth, and all the jaw-bones, 
and teeth of elephants, and hippopotami, and other 
large animals, in the Britiffi Mufaeum ; and feme like- 
wile in private colledlions. In making this fearch, 
I met with grinders of the incognitum that were 
found in the Brazils and Lima, as well as in different 
parts of Europe. 
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