New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-07-12
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The bo"e 90. cave an accoun. Of the dndIns
90 homes Of All enormous sn',nU ~ n. -
ostuss in Florida. by Mr. Ming i1' go"
kuna 10. given. 10 the Wakaha It"e' ne'','P
ten f,he homes which, ~isb assistance nc 49, 80.
toS ~, a. .nyipg. After describing the apparatus
s.,s,ployed, he says h,., rss oroo.
n'..,;oned and made fast, we had one Vi .'o
tnys.,n 81 these imln ns5 bones retua3 upoI 80
inssis ef the boat II was my htst ln ~.
6n,,ssse bones were 10 atate Of petruacV0n' 49,
'o. s,sminat,on. iins that they are not III .no
~, Sseree petn6ed To Do in state o. 80 .~,
s.ctoo. L might have been suPpo'eo' wa - a
70, IN order to their ing preserved iy' -
800 nj time az must have elaPseu So 80
lensN y - Tee oudises and shape oil
NJ den. ar. NIB s1u.e slight e1cep.Du,' per
49, 49, ,,,sineS-std RON the absense o. pe"Htc-
~ - ,sx,rr. ia general formation nay 90
80 nav a, distinctly as al any o'net 'l'nS' lnen
onte, formatioD il. for tue mos P@'T a. oNS'u0',
Isn9 zhich il. perha3s, Pecnlarl.yIu' ~ -
of an inch thick genefs.y .. .,, - 80 r.
80 - had 100 hard % be cut Win Enlie' lAe
81 80 is.s, I've cannot tell which At presen
N.Y. each fore ea. which were obtained. meas
~. srtle upward of 3 feet ia length. - inches ia
Ssrs,sr above jJiDt add l3l 10 Il inches IN dane
g. AZ what sppesrs % be the knee JOINT.
single joint Only obtained Of the vertebre. be.
lo1giae either O. the neck or small OF the back,
: inches more originality across one way, aud 10
he other and the aperture which admits the splnsl
eo,S MEASURES b, a inches. Tho principal part
~ each hip bone Obtsired, indicate length OF at
iS.a feet or more. They are 40 much broken,
Lovevor as 10 reader Il difficult for Us here u de-
tsrmine what were their real size in every partic
r,,l The Gocket aiOue where the mp and thigh
hooes ioined measures nearly % inches In circum-
bronce, or nearly inches IN diameter. part OF
- blsse bone and several others were Obtained.
sNst which proved 20 be part OF tusk, taken
f,orn the depth of 46 feet which was spoken OF In
SI,,t when vie ~ cd wing upon the bottom, pre-
n!.,s3 length Of not lass than 4 feet and think
w.s nearer than B. The shape OF the part OF
~ tu,k seen was, len gthwise, little curved and
!. ,.s,lv round There vas no perceptible dlmin
ton q, sizo for toe - hole length OF this part, and
:, each end itappeared - have been broken nearly
souue off, II lie ~ b regretted that this piece oil
tn,k could not have been secured entire. When
gs hsd raised IT, perhaps 10 feet-nOt hevioS
sreDeth enough to hold Us own weight, it broke 10
tyo, ard fell 70 the bottom again: aud the largest
,;,ce Il en- 10 be seen was bat little over loot.
Y bs we raised but misfortune still pursuing this
,ace of tusk it fell from the hooks into the boat
I'D broke again into many pieces. II measured,
uIhsve before said, eight inches in diameter, aud
A1gng from The fact that there was no apparent
fmnUtion in size i1r the length OF Tour ieet or
rore and from it's enormous thickness IL could not
lave been lees than ten, and was probably near
Felve, or even fifteen feet IN length. The piece
Stained proved the tusk or tusks to have been OF
Iure ivory, encased ty enamel oil almost uanspa-
mt Wilderness The weight OF these tusks or tusE
vas beyond a doubr also enormous. The piece
which we attempted 70 rase, and partly accom-
pIshed, was quite a heavy pull for both Mr.. Brok-
rboroueh and mys sell IL must have weighed 50
pvrd., and the whole weigh. Of the entire tusk
sold not have been less than 800, and it is quite
rDbable that it weighed as high as 400 pounds.
Goe of the big b mes which i have described
Weighs sixty pounds, aud could not originally have
weighed less than Is or 90 pounds. They are
nae or less hollow, and there was hollow in the
pm Of the tusk occurred, Of p TO inches. There
were no thigh bones 70 be found Their length
logng relatively, must have been near or quite
reject