, 1865-12-08

many millions against. Butthe eOpeopitant
circumstance Of fossil having been found
with it; which We know is not fefcffable to
any sbecies now existing IN America,
strengthens the tbeOry,that in this jaw.bOhe
we have the evidence Of race efhppan be-
ingsi that has, sggoope aickeFlpg gHFFg among the
Tfs pIf6of Of an extinct rsee Of quadrupeds
or Of tlspecies at lesst,J that were twice as
Eafss as any.now extant, is the diseoyerylo of
an enormous moar tooth, which; vas found
flayng with the monster jaw bone! The crown
or TOP Of this tooth, measures, the longer way,
exactly six inches, and IL is four IN width;
the root, or the part inyef ted by, or sunk be-
low the gum. measures over seven inches
| The measurement from top to button Chat
| is, in its natural positidh), is between eight
and bine inches-being little greater in depth
than in length on the top. Judging from
our very limited knowledge of p@leontology,
/ the animal which carried this tooth was ru.
Eminant and herbivorous. The crown of the
! tooth is marked by numerous transverse ridg-
! es, thick " enameled. Theenamel is bright
aud in many places, as well preserved as if on
the tooth:ofa living animal. These are not
Deep and are rounding on the top, indicating
adaptability to bruising in masticatiSn, rath-
er than cutting, on the carniverous or flesh
eating order The tooth is partially petri6ed
aud has indications of having been long
while buried. Upon exposure to the air, a
fragment crumbed of, and fully half Of it is
a state of petrifcation. Had it not been for
the enamel-the most indestructible of sub.
stances-and this petrifying process, it is
doubtful thatits form Wonld have been Sc
long preserved. Ir ..r.a
This molar may have belonged to the mas
tadon species, oran enormous type of the ele-
| phant But we are told that tooth Of sim
lar outlines, but three times as large, has been
found in Deer Lodge county, in this Terrific.
ry. Gentlemen in this place have seen it
This would seem to indicate an extinct quad>
rupeda race larger than remains have yet
been found in Europe or other parts of North
America The great. mastadon skeleton in
the Philadelphia museum is fifteen feet long
aud eleven feet high; but think of tooth Q
foot and aShalf long, and foot wide on the
top .--s-
/ The carcass of an elephant was found, in
i IhS PiCsChI SChtui - III thC llVLCA uiuu duu
sand Of Siberia preserved in its entirety. Its
skin was covered with hair or fur; but all else
indicated u bona 1de elephant. .I : f..
In l77I, the rhnoceros, also, was found in
the same regions, The icy shores cf the Po'
lar ocean, in northeastern Asia, abound, it i,
said, with the bones of these ANIMALS, now
only known in the tropics. What mighty
conyulsion ofnature caused their extinction
and how far did its influences extend Die
not the great upheaving break asunder LAND
connection that once existed between the two
hemispheres? One Artic explorer report:
having found fossil tropical plants, species o.
the palm, buried beneath the perennial snow'
OF Kamskatka This, as we'll as the Siberian
fossils, points to complete and permanent
climatica revolution May not these facts
b ear upon the theory of our Indian tribe,
corhing from the Eastern hemisphere. Wa,
there not time when, with even open canoes
such as the northern coast Indians now ust
they could have crossed
We leave the sGbject for the speculat lor
of tie antiquarian and the curious The mann
moth jaw~bone and tooth described may b.
seen, for few days, in the COunting-room o
the Post.-.AoHhIE1 E9a -,-- .r.f