The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1841-06-02

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A DESCRIPTION OF THE GREAT MIS-
SoURIAN.
This extraordinary geological monu-
ment of former ages, arrived at Louisville
a few days since, and is about to be exhi-
bted in that city. We gather from the
Louisville Journal hasty description of
this mighty skeleton, which will be read
with more than ordinary interest.
1t measures 80 feet in length and Is in
height. The head measures, from the tip
of the nose to the spine of the neck, 6
feet. From the edge of the upper lip,
measuring along the roof of the mouth,
to the socket of the eyeis thre feet, from
the lower edge of the upper lip to the
first edge of the front tooth. 90 inches
Each jaw has four teeth, and the upper
jaw has besides two enormous tusks.
The teeth are each inches broad
The nose projects Is inches over the low
er Jaw. The tusks are 10 feet long. ex-
elusive of foot and 8 inches, which
forms the root, and is buried in the skull.
The right tusk was found firm in the head,
and remained fixed in its socket during the
excavation, and its transportation to St.
Louis, which for unate circumstances en-,
ables US to know the exact position and
situation which the tusks occupied in the
head of the animal during its life. They
were carried by him almost horizontally,
bending somewhat down, and then coming
with their points up again, making
sweep, from extremity TO extremity, in a
straight line across the head of Is feet
The longest rib measured S feet 6 l-2
inches in length, the shortest 2 feet 8
inches. The scapula, or shoulder-blade,
is feet l inch in length, and 2 foot 7
inches in breadth. The length of the
humorous, or forearm, is 8 feet S l-2
inches, and its greatest circumference is
8 feet 8 inches. The femur, or thigh
bone, is 4 feet and half inch long, and
s l-2 inches in diameter. The feet of the
animal appear to have been webbed.-
The fore foot has toes and thumb
The longest toe measures foot 8 inches,
the shortest / foot; and the thumb 7
inches. All the bones of the animal are
firm, and contain no marrow. The cavi-
ty of the brain is quite large.
The proprietor, Mr.. Koch, in his prin-
ted description of the animal, makes the
following remarks on its supposed habits
and nature:
The animal has been, without doubt,
an inhabitant of water-courses, such as
large rivers and lakes, which is proven by
the formation of the bones: LIST, his feet
were webbed, I'd, all his bones were
solid, and without marrow, as the aquatic
animals of the present day; Sd, his ribs
were too small and slender to resist the
many pressures and bruises they would be
subject to on land; 4th, his legs are short
and thick; 5th, his tail is flat and broad !;
9Th, and last, his tusks arc SO situated IN
the head that it would be utterly imPossl-
bic for him to exist in timbered country.
His food consisted as much of vegetables
as flesh, although he undoubtedly consum.
ed great abundance Of the latter, and
was capable of feeding himself with his
fore foot, after the manner ofthe beaver
or otter, and possessed, also, like the hypo-
potamus, the faculty of walking on the bot.
tom of waters, and rose occasionally to
take air.
The singular position of the tusks has
been very wisely adapted by the Creator
for the protection of the body from the
many injuries to which it would be expos
ed while swimming or walking under the
water; and in addition to this, it appears
that the animal has been covered with the
same armor as the alligator, or perhaps the
migatherium.
NEVER MARRY A WOMAN WHO CANNOT
READ.-A man named Pike lately forged
check for S75 in the name of Samuel