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their ftomachs, or for what other purpofe, is fub- 
mitted to the fentiments of the Society. 
Efquire Croghan had been here fome years before, 
and gave fome account of the monftrous bones, 
and teeth, found at this place, called by the Indians 
The Great Buffaloes Lick ; but being now more at 
leifure, he carefully examined all its furrounds, and 
difcovered under a great bank, on the fkirts of the 
Lick, five or fix feet below the furface, open to 
view, a prodigious number of bones and teeth, fpe- 
cimens of which now lie before the Society, be- 
gging to fome of the largeft-fized animals ; by the 
quantity, he computes there could not be lefs than 
thirty of their fkeletons. 
By their great teeth, or tufks, of fine ivory, fome 
near feven feet long ; every one that views them, I 
believe, will not hefitate to conclude they belong to 
elephants. 
It is very remarkable, and worthy obfervation, 
none of the molares, or grinding teeth of elephants, 
are difcovered with thefe tufks j but great numbers 
of very large pronged teeth of fome vaff animals 
are only found with them, which have no refem- 
biance to the molares, or grinding teeth, of any great 
animal yet known. 
As no living elephants have ever been feen or 
heard of in all America, fince the Europeans have 
known that country, nor any creature like them; 
and there being no probability of their having been 
brought from Africa, or Afia; and as it is impoffible that 
elephants could inhabit the country where thefe bones 
and teeth are now found, by reafon of the feverity of 
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