Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-09-11

~, tNp ciicdtiOuS eNuyip IN which thew are
preserved. AS mari. appear TO have been depo-
sited from tranquil sea Of fresh water: and
this occurs mostly in that tract of our country
winch lies west of the great barrier or neun-
taih range, which, according 10 profc ssor
M,itciiiLL, lsee Geoio:yof N.Americal retain.
Ell, Tor ages, Il portion ofthc waters of the No.
achan delu2e, and which, doIbtless. from long
diiniion, n,sst have lost its briuy qualify
Again, tie ancien;s have lef, us very accu.
rate ana minute descriptions OF almost al, the
iand puad,upeds of their day, and which are
now Inhabitants of The eastern continent-Im
many respects the desci iptions Of Aristotle AT
siid 10 be more accurate than those OF Button
but, Meaie not furnished, by them, with any
in"'''uua, description or representation of
Those FOSSIL extinct species and genera The
fable OF the mannnptb, AS furnished us by the
Americans tudIans, Is entitled To little credit
~ C"sier justly remarks, they themselves
seem 10 l'e i"iiy aware that this aa,n,ai no
i.nSrr exists in America, since their story re.
pr se"is ihein 10 TIA been. long since, He'd
bl me Sitat SpUlt Ia prevent their eAtlrpat-
az tac ha,Ea.i race. The table therefore has
ID az 'hErnitd, az ~ I'csie:ior pciiod uud siuce
Tue "istOteEy OF iheir icsndiuS. The Indian,
iiduUI1n ttcs.'Gd bN ,he French, OIL exploring
=, provinces OF .sia, aias aut: Opclousas, see
Mhthi'i$ tCJiu.y, u. I'D a. communicated
ny Mr D1islia,, /, not more satisfactory
"hitc INC 81. ages gave the piacs q name cQni-
'dieht TO tbv French wOIds' Caruu Crow /" re
presenting THAT Tie carcass ola huge putr,.y-
~ 't'i!iiiii drew 10 HAT place an immense nun
per % crows, ",ih; ;!IcrvColieciiouo fthcir theu
iofei"ih"is, subsequent researches, about ti,a [
si'ot, chow inai ihis story also is no les, iabu
'ohS ioi whereas, In several other ,itua lion,
autediiv ian iussii ieIIain ,i,av, been .,uud no,
more than. SIX ;ihi twelve feet below inc sur
!ace. III tins spot .ery,,umerous n,snlno,hnnd
otH'' remains acre Dug NJ, but none less than
iWtuiH iwo and -eii, rally ,hiriy.ti,e feet be.
low Tie Nuiidcr. Contrary TO every ldct We
nave YET ie',gnJ trOr, tie eastern continent al
.hiS Siot vas al 80 disin.errei human sku;i At
Inc last nanud depth ot I.iiiy-i.Se tert, sur-
.o"'"cu d? Oyster >h.i.*, c,inc,n3 The aDtiYui
~ y: our hchl~hHeie
! lie ad,ur. te % T.rinotlcru o xi,tencf n the
nda IN D. ahd 'nasjoron Is i'll ieculleci how mn
rhil0soibicai il is to maintain that so great
afeNciaiiou IN taiure rs should have exteimina.
leu innuinerlbie catiTe species X even genera
OF animals, should leave exempt from Is opers,
non q few Individuals, represented L. have
oeeh Secfettd III the recesSeS of the American
inieHtS, anu oil hose recentcAistence no i,l oot
ielhti's, except the romantic fables of Il peo-
PIE lio way distinguished .Or The variety of their
rL"lt0nS-a species oil history aiwa,s 10 h,
ere iItsd With ..atiIiOu.
iEiS account of line Russian navigator does
not stand alone. In lie year 1889 Tie Euro
pean jOu nails furnished the aecounts of =
mammoth icund IN tie north Of siberia at Tho
lnJGth OF the rIver Lena, bv Il TuI,-uSian fish
ermah, projecting from an ice bank. Though
the spot Was annually visited nv the I'uns asian
me carcass did not so far develop itself as IL
OF ITS discovery; when il fell OH the beac!. he.
low. woo OF ITS tusks were carried awav TX
lie discoverer, and sold forfifty ruble>. Mr
adams, OF ihe academy OF ST. Petersburg \ j.
s ,' "hd examined this animal, aud though its
DOuE WAS greatly mutiiated b> the " hitc bears
and much OF the flesh carried away hy the
JGcHdS OF the vicinity, TO feed their dogs vet
the thtire skeleton, with the eXCeptIon OF a
lore Lee, remained. Asmuch or the skin with
It's long brist!y hair remained as ten men could
carry away. (See JameSou's Geo Notes G253 )
rhlnoceros was also found entire i'm these
lalitndeS, In the banks of the Without, in M
Cuvier states as his opinion, that the last
genera catastrophe, the traces of whose sud
VehHess anu violence are nSSt Conspicuous TO
nave lett 3unalS with their hair their ina au,
flesh ehiire, must have been accompanied " III.
the cause OF tier preseryatiom: that this eter
raj ifostcouio nothaVe taken possession Of tie
regions they inhabited, except by The same
cause which destroyed ihem and that this cause
mast have OCCn as sudden as the effect Mo
uern anOiosy does not favor the opinion t;lat
co Il climates are favorable 10 the production
ana existence OF animals Of "A very large size
he CONSIDERATION most apt to arrest ere tl,,-
iity Il, that the carcass of animals should re-
main enilFt, Il period of near 5000 veaIs and in
TINS estimate lie chronology oil HE pentaieurj
is amply snrF ported by The traditions OF almost
all the eaiiy societies of The human race nor
less ny consideration Of the pUiilica, aud moral
state OF i1au, and Isis intellectual aiiainneuI.
as "th as those natura! thermometers ever,
whcie presented by the face of nature But
- ~ ma "'iu"ii inaueE, siid
w, ,''iijc' 'e" 10 IL ueIfte vi coiu, permanent
ly tar below the freezing po.ht, mnst ,cmain
stationary. Ii nu agent, as hat of heat nTe
senlS, to ytyS dc cOud iiOu q lis o,y,,
or the telniio,,,,, Tho etnmnr,s ~, 49, ,;n;;,
rreSpry,.;on a. 90, '',, Wv 10 10 Unity, d
iinn.,,,;tI ~" ,e"'"'ieS - n"t more
N, IVA" "''' vi Sd many aayS.-in
nay mind, the most Interesting view present
eu Dy The above recent fact, c0uiomcd with
those collateral ones is that il has beru rcs,ry
ed m tie time in which we 1.-Two 4, ,,it,,,. 49,,
,.raL.,.i. o.. ,i, g., -; - ~ a""
h. ,Ln;,'I,,, ~ III N,'.ue .lIe "e'u.e'
49,. r.i;sr, - FL i; "s saS' an" eA'eh'
a,,i, Trof.',, li,,s -, 'i;., u 'a'o'e FeIma
n,. ,,, $500 I'M '"e hic'lC teSl
o,, ad ~, ,'.,;Ii '',ic, r'eh noun"
''. ,",,i ~ rS 'han' HbaSshf