On 25 November he "heard of some giants bones, which as usual turned out to be those of the Megatherium" but could only extract a few broken fragments, then on the next day visited a nearby house and bought for about two shillings "a head of a Megatherium which must have been when found quite perfect", though the teeth had since been broken and the lower jaw had been lost.
O 25 de novembro "oíu de algúns ósos xigantes, que como de costume resultaron ser de Megatherium", pero só puido extraer uns poucos fragmentos rotos; despois ao día seguinte visitou unha casa próxima e mercou por uns dous xelíns "unha cabeza de Megatherium que debeu de ser cando a atoparon case perfecta", aínda que desde entón os dentes romperan e a mandíbula inferior se perdera.