2. Hamilton, Wentworth County.—In 1904 (Bull. Geol. Soc. Amer., vol. XV, p. 352), Coleman mentioned the finding of mammoth remains in a tunnel excavated through Burlington Heights, near Hamilton, and in a gravel-pit about a mile farther westward. A tusk and some bones were secured, but nothing by means of which the species may be identified. On page [147] is described the jaw of E. columbi, discovered at Burlington Heights. Logan (Geol. Canada, 1863, pp. 966, 967) illustrated the jaw just mentioned by two figures, 496, 498, of the symphysis of an elephant, found at Hamilton. Possibly this bone belonged to E. primigenius.
3. Toronto, York County.—In 1895 (Jour. Geol., vol. III, p. 641), Coleman reported that in 1894 a tooth of a mammoth had been found on Don River, north of Toronto, at a point where the stream flows over the middle till of the region and cuts away banks showing stratified sand and in some cases the upper till. The tooth may, therefore, belong to the interglacial beds, but possibly to the late glacial. In 1901 (Jour. Geol., vol. IX, p. 291), the same author indicated the possible occurrence of mammoth or mastodon in the Don Valley beds. This was recorded in 1900 (Rep. Brit. Assoc. Adv. Sci., p. 330). On page 300 (Jour. Geol., vol. IX) it is stated that an ulna of a mammoth or mastodon had been found in interglacial beds in Toronto, possibly in deposits representing the cold-climate Scarboro beds; but as it showed glacial scratches it may have been lying on the surface at the time of the Wisconsin ice advance. Even in the latter case the bone can, it would seem, be referred to an interglacial stage.
In 1899 (Ottawa Naturalist, vol. XII, p. 194), Coleman stated that teeth of mammoths had been discovered in a bar, a part of the Iroquois beach at York, east of Toronto.
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1. Richmond, Chittenden County.—Edward Hitchcock (Geol. Surv. Vermont, 1861, p. 176) stated that in 1858 remains of an elephant had been found in Richmond, but no details were furnished. One of the teeth is still preserved in the University of Vermont. The writer regards the species as indeterminable.
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1. Seneca Lake.—In 1858 (Geol. Surv. North Carolina, East. Counties, p. 200), Emmons stated that a tooth belonging to the elephant had been taken from the beach of Seneca Lake. When this happened, exactly where, and what was done with the tooth, the present writer does not know.
2. Wellsburg, Chemung County.—In 1793 (Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, Sci., vol. II, pt. 1, p. 164), Timothy Edwards reported a horn or bone of some animal had been found in Chemung, or Tyoga, River, about 12 miles from Tyoga Point. Mr. F. W. Ashley, of the Library of Congress, informed the writer that Tyoga Point was a former name of the present town of Athens, Pennsylvania. Whether the tusk was really found in Pennsylvania or in New York is uncertain, nor is it any more certain that the tusk was that of an elephant and not of a mastodon. The fragment was 6 feet 9 inches long, with a circumference of 21 inches at the base and 15 inches at the other extremity. It was estimated to have formed an arc 10 or 12 feet long of a semicircle.