The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1845-09-11

REMAINS OF A MAsToDoN.
lcouespon5encs q he Commercial Adsesiser.l
NewbuTh. August ls. Iss6
J have just :. lnrRra Fem % rn-rresi.,n
II The Tse-ias.f mast .doa whsh ers
discovered On Tuesday lat anhia lev
miles Of This n &c. ard tsle he liberty
Usually gained o q eansisnl resdrr l,
seed ven bril- aeennn. 81 she@. Tho
sksl Tn. Q. m-rkahle sl.ks Coz M IL men.e
re. The nsmbrs of 10 r,rls which have
hem iaund, and ileir high ssts sl p.s.
ssrsal'an. well deserves The csnfll sx.m.
Inaii.p of nslufalisis.
The rsmsias we're diseosered sron fhs
farm a Mr.. Nshs ia Bfess &c. (wi o
'e.'des about cir nilrs Greedy 1..s 90
N.whareh.l - bae assiaw. iormirg
iie bai'"as Of nafs.s s.Il.y. supposed
q have hrta q, e. onr al the oull.ts ol
Or.ng- Lake. NJ. Brsusis,'s wnkn en-
we're ., The iime ne .R@a in digging Zoe
mari; ihry had excsss,ed he earth 20 The
depih cf about i've feet. ~hrn lkey and.
dehly zane upsn psrf 81 the skelston.t
IL SIS Txhumrd . ilh % mush rsse ps.b-r
.bly IS ,hs rie.ms,snrts e me es.e a.
lowed; and The re.uli 10 ihsi Nc. Brew.
.isf 10 On ps.es.inn of . singul.Ily con.
pieie ske einn oi the huge animal abaut
which 81 lnlls 10 known. bui h.sr st,sc.
iuis aud habits can now be mafe .ssisises
,ofily sto''ird ih,n II any pre,inus tine.
The ~hnle numb~r Of hnnes. large and.
small, which have bfea fou.d. ,s no; all
oi these. including The tao hunes ~ The
tongue. are nearly in ss eard State Of Ter-
srivaunn IS Il The animal bad been kil.
81 re. ietds,. Yna will be able 90 form
same idss of tie vast 4 mansions &c iii.
s,inriu,e, frnm The foilaw,na sr--..'U
sisiemrni az iL- -.-iS.rw IL component
pits. The head aud tusks weigh 500
h.: shoulder blade %; h,p b"nes les:
FIRE legs $50; hid legs l64: ribs l20:
b-rk -nd nerk 1871; lee, s.d other bGnts
$50: the ~h"le hrinR 1895.
The in.ks. bah &c whleh have salIrr..
ed somewhat from exposure 70 The air.
are each o lie, 10 inches hing. aud a, The
paint af entrance inio The he.d are "a
INCHES ~ circumference. The shoulder
blade measure 3 feel acros., Q ir. Q ioch.
IS loaq. The skull 3 heel 10 inrhts long,
2 reeI . inrnrs nraau. me uisr unnr, ss
ne b,p bone. 6 feet inches across,
he peiv's . I foo, ! I inches 10 diameter.
There are 81 ve,lsb,m. and the distance
from shr nerk 10 he rump y II fel.
A scienu6c frisud who scrpm panied
me TO 4 pot. and who was PR sem due
ring the exhum,ng Of The hnne-. nhses.-
ell 10 me that. from The po.iunn &C The
skeI.t ton. the an.m.l appear. 10 have eu-
te,ed The p nd fran The west. and be.
coming mirsd IN the deep mud. h I'd lin
down aud died. Thr question ahen il
died il one 10 which no vs.y dsrlded an.
swsr Can he gi,en. Yet there aIe sever.
al circumstances which seem To justify
the assertion tina, the da,e Is by no means
very rem",e. Amnng these may he men.
toned The p,esrr ion Of The enamel nf
the teeth, which is as perfect rs hen the
anim.l was .l,ve. the condii,on OF NUM-
bel of The h"ues which aparar I" retain
snnr a imal mattp,. the f,ci ih.t some
bushels al the 30 t-nts ni the sioR .cb.
show i.g, by The way. the kind at food
on WHICH & masin'inn ed, yer found
quIe unu.ixrd Nth the .a'th, nd LAZY
The tire 81 the gr md. d the 81 CHI
depth ht meath the surface at which the
remains were nhtain-d. These clrcum.
stances .hnw c"nclusivsly 1, nv niad
r,t the ma.i"ton must have existed long
sfrr the d.lusr.