State of Florida.

OFFICE OF
Superintendent of Public Instruction,

Tallahassee, January 10, 1892

Prof. O. B. Marsh

Dear Sir:

Mascoton in Fla.

A Wonderful Discovery.

Dr. S. A. Wilson, of Taylor county, writes to the FLORIDIAN under date of January 5th, as follows:

On the 29th day of December last I finished digging from the ground, eight feet in depth, the bones of some unknown animal. The skeleton is in a state of petrification. Dimensions as follows: Head, 9 feet in length; veritable of neck, 12 feet long; body 27 feet; fore-leg, not including hoof, 7 feet long; across the chest, 10 feet. I will be in Tallahassee with the bones on the 13th of this month, and shall invite the Governor, his Cabinet, Judges of the Supreme Court and Circuit Judge to meet me at the Capitol at 10 o'clock a. m. on the 13th, also the editors and the medical men of your city and county, to examine the bones and give their opinions.