[4]. Buffon.
It was my intention to have closed this account with Dr. Dunter’s essay, whose accuracy in the examination, and knowledge in the discrimination of those few bones which were within his reach, had already given to his opinion the weight of unquestionable authority; but as his paper was somewhat long, and as the facts since he wrote are more numerous, and subject in the skeleton which we have, to the examination of every one; I shall only introduce his concluding sentence, that, “If this animal was indeed carnivorous, which I believe cannot be doubted, though we may as philosophers regret it, as men we cannot but thank Heaven that its whole generation is probably extinct.”
DIMENSIONS OF THE SKELETON.
| Ft. | Inch. | |
| Height over the shoulders | 11 | 0 |
| Ditto over the hips | 9 | 0 |
| Length from the chin to the rump | 15 | 0 |
| From the point of the tusks to the end of the tail, | ||
| following the curve | 31 | 0 |
| Length in a straight line | 20 | 0 |
| Width of the hips and body | 5 | 8 |
| Length of the under jaw | 2 | 10 |
| Weight of the same 63½ pounds | ||
| Width of the head | 3 | 2 |
| Length of the thigh-bone | 3 | 7 |
| Smallest circumference of the same | 1 | 6 |
| Length of the tibia | 2 | 0 |
| Length of the humerus, or large bone of the fore-leg | 2 | 10 |
| Largest circumference of the same | 3 | 2½ |
| Smallest ditto ditto | 1 | 5 |
| Length of the radius | 2 | 5½ |
| Circumference round the elbow | 3 | 8 |
| Length of the scapula, or shoulder-blade | 3 | 1 |
| Length of the longest vertebra, or backbone | 2 | 3 |
| Longest rib, without cartilage | 4 | 7 |
| Length of the first rib | 2 | 0 |
| Ditto of the breast-bone | 4 | 0 |
| Length of the tusks, defences, or horns | 10 | 7 |
| Circumference of one tooth or grinder | 1 | 6½ |
| Weight of the same, 4 pounds 10 ounces | ||
| The whole skeleton weighs about 1000 pounds. |
FINIS.
Lawrence, Printer,
No. 378, Strand.
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