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THE GREAT MASTODON, 
PLATE VI. 
Is taken from the Ossemens Fossilesof Cuvier, and 
will give some idea of the bulk and form of this 
creature. The remains of the Mastodon have been 
found over the greater part of North America, 
and in some places in such abundance, that to 
one of its localities has been applied the name of 
“ Big bone lick while the frequency of their 
remains on the banks of the Ohio, has gained for 
the Mastodon the appellation of the “ Animal of 
the Ohio.” 
It is considerably beyond a hundred years since 
these immense deposits of bones were first noticed, 
and they occupied a considerable portion of the 
attention of Pallas and Camper, and Dr Hunter, 
the former unravelling the confusion which had 
been created by considering these remains identical 
with the Mammoth of Siberia. But it was not 
until about the year 1 800 that any thing approach- 
ing to a perfect skeleton was procured, which, 
after great labour, Mr W. Peale, founder of the 
