Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1839-07-25
THE MASTODON.

la various parts Of this vast continent re
| mains Of the Maslodon have been occasion
ally disinterred, but so far no comu;rle
skeleton has YET been found, the upper mar
of the head, all above The level of the zypo-
matte process being decayed, aud i, has beer
given up by every scientific man that any
part OF The summit Of the head could be
| found
! An entire head never having as We, been
found, think the scientific world will hal
The announcement with pleasure, when i'm,
iorm them that have recently obtained AZ,
uneommoniy large, entire, head OF the Mas.
todon, together with great many bones
ihe circumstances attending its discover
are these:
A lev weeks since receiving intormatioa
from friend that many large bones we're
found on the property OF Captain Palmer &
Co., about % miles south OF ST. Louis, I
Immediately proceeded to the spot aud
! through the poli;eness and cheering enCour.
| agement OF Capt. Palmer, commenced ope-
| rations, which proved more successful than
my most sanguine anticipations The out
side formation and peculiar construction OF
| The part OF the head is different from any
qnadruped in Natural History that | am &C
quainied with. Ii is composed OF small
| cells about three inches deep, covered by a
thin Uranium attached 10 the upper Jaw Is
! the snout which projects about eighteen i-,
| Ches over the lower jaw and hich has nev e T
[ been described beloIe
The position Of the tusks in the head, has
been subject OF discussion amongst Natu.
ralists, and they have been placed in the
same manner as those of the Elephant 1t
gives me pleasure 10 state, that 1 can n ow
| settle This question for in the head have
discovered, found tusk firmly implanted
in the socket, and had i, conveyed with grea,
care 10 my museum, but ring TO the igno-
| rance and carelessness OF a labofeI, in carry.
ing II up stairs il was broken off, bu! its 20.
siiIOn can be proved by number Of gentle
men Of the highest responsibility. The
tusks are moi situated in the Same position as
those CT the Elephant, or ye! The Moose, as
was supposed by some. They diverge out
ward from the head with the convcxity Tor
ward, and The point turning backwards in
the same plane with the head; the tusk found
iii the head measures ten feet one inch, iron,
the base to the tip, following The outside o.
| the curvation and Two fee. in circumference
near the socket. The olhet iusk measure.
only nine ieet-part OF the root is waiting
| w hen placed in the head in their origin !;
position, The distance from tip TO tip meas
ures sixteen feet. | may add, ,ha, il required
two stout men TO carry the largest tusk and
two yoke OF oxen 10 carry the head and
tasks from the place Of Gisinterment 10 the
Museum.
Besides the mas,odon's head, have found
near the same place, several highly interest
ing remains O! antediluvian ANIMALS, On,
ct which especially merits attention. Vi il
the head OF nondescript animal which ap
pears TO have been superior 10 size 10 iht
largest elephant, aud which resembles some
; what the maslGdon in the hind part u
The head; but The front ps:t is different, art
until il is recognised or proved 10 have beer
prev ioUsly shall name il kucbs III issouri.,
, in honor of The State discovered in, and IN
tend, in very short time 10 give descrip
ton OF 1t. as well as great many relics no
mentioned A. KOCH.
Proprietor OF the ST. Louis Museum