Account of the skeleton of the mammoth, a non-descript carnivorous animal of immense size, found in America / By Rembrandt Peale.

  • Rembrandt Peale
Date:
1802
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Credit: Account of the skeleton of the mammoth, a non-descript carnivorous animal of immense size, found in America / By Rembrandt Peale. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    both humeri, with die radii and ulnae; one fe¬ mur; a tibia of one leg, and a fibula of the other ; some large fragments of the head ; many of the fore and hind feet bones; the pelvis some¬ what broken ; and a large fragment, five feet long, of the left tusk, about mid way. He there¬ fore was in want of some of the back and tail bones, some of the ribs, the under jaw, one whole tusk and part of the other, the breast¬ bone, one thigh, and a tibia and fibula, and many of the feet bones. But as the farmer’s fields were then in grain, the enterprize of searching for the remainder was postponed for a short time. Two or three weeks were spent in mending such bones as were broken, and arranging the whole; but the deficiencies were such, that very few of them could be put to- ® Not willing to lose the advantage of the dry season, when the springs in the morass of course were low, we proceeded on the arduous enter¬ prize. In New York every article was provided which might be necessary in surmounting ex¬ pected difficulties ; such as a pump, ropes, pul- lies, augers, &c.; boards and plank were pro¬ vided in the neighbourhood, and timber was in sufficient plenty on the spot*
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