, 1869-08-22

From the .fen Fork Jouffdl Of Commerce.
Or the same taT that VIC rcceired he neMa o.
tte discovery OF r1astotlon remains near DuruEE-
ton, New terseJ, q California paper bsought Ia.
Ieliseuce Of the e4humation Of tue hose tniks
and bones OF the salnc animal near oak1and, Ca!-
farnia The Cailornla editor IS good deal puzzled
over tets sinGlar dnd, and invites she AtAAemy OF
Natural Sciences OF his St1te to look INTO ahn e1
md Inanr Western states nc d!su:e11neut OF znas
toon skeletons IN whole OF IN fragments = 80 c92l-
mon as to hare ceased 10 excite astonlsElnent nc
I'D aSd sa!t iics brings them TO Light. Il Is
evident that At Uus ttue-at veFy late geolo-
gtcAl rer1od-nas:odons were tue hosI aotn-
dADt Of qualrnpeds, rangtng over the AmeE1taa
Conuneat In drprys probably as la-ge a. taose Of
the bnfsa!o at the present tine On the lar vest
eru platr.ca. The hab!tat Of the 1r!saA MAS tae
PRODUCTS Of #ha. are nom the MtrlIle, Western
and southern States seem to have been most
suited 10 It's tas:cs- THUS fI the re,n3ius q tae
EsM seI says Uso eese Kennei sns9 81
Eansas South Carolina Mississippi Alaoana.
aud Te1as, though 6pec!nens hayo been ocea,
e even d {ar 9osta a. the tlstydt.h parallel The
nrtt nearly complete specimen tateu out vas
discovered IN Orange County. New ao!H carry IN
The ile,en: century, and was tateu to Loudon fof
exhitlt,ou and afterwards placed IN Ptales A1.
scum, Fluadelph.A The sHaHp5 about new
nCtga, New York, ar. rich In these lossu 1teas-
ures and 1t Is from those sources that tue mu-
seurns Of he COUNTY, hare been supplied with
srch cc1iostttcs. Uno perfect Skeleton Waa
found IN NewbErFh IaSt 5east Alh d!RRi0E tpE
theEu In TIC Old sWompy ETo1na OF thht region
! would probably reTeal hundreds OF otheEs- Inc
same II ml1k Ia true OF sWaIups everywhere on
tEis continent The uastodon prooaa1 cesorted
| 10 them to drtak or feed on the roots os water
| nlautk and becoming mt1el Was unab!e 20 e.
tTIc3sc ITSELF and sAak lower and lower 1nto tat
SfeschtrOu5 Elna or qulcksaDt. apd WAS there
| <l.pnne1i or suCoca.el Since then. deca51a9
{ yssetetion las gradually iueI NJ. the sNanrs
| ard the M1stoton Is now buried Ut depth Q!
from ten 10 nfty feet beloF the eu11aee THIS e;
r,ps the frequent appearance Of a,s bones N snat
and neat forUa attons, ard also !n the 6at-ucks o.
I the West. TO which the tn1St0dons hooked a
t,rctcnt scaao.s OF the rear or The germs NJ :,
fo.cr ci hsnte,se there are estimated 70 be aooo
thirty sar,etlrt, dl1erns from eaen other N e; r.
| eng respects. In general appearance ana Azt
| ttcY rescmpied the .AEat1c elepnaut- Inc ake.e
| tnrs are NON ten to twelve fec- hfa aot
ircm rixteen to twenty feet long, *tth tasH
projecting from eeyen to nine feet beJond tn
! spcteit, and twenly-fo1r teeth, ths tAfgest 0
which s.e about eight inches long on to- an
! seven inches deep thigh bone leariT 100
struugh Al the tackest part, and tore ieet ne ~
| swo feet IN diameter. Al some staSe tn tha NJ
tor. OF the ea1tn prior. It IL supposed, 70 me ap
rcasance Of the masto1on on this cout:1eat ~
creature do1r.shed In Siberia; and the dnd!ug Q
is tusks, Known as "fuss!l iEory," st1tutsa =
important trade In that part Of The world, even Y
Tits day.