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For the St. Louis Christian Advocate.St. Louis Museum— Zeuglodon, EgyptianMummies.Mr. Editor : Did you ever visit this rare collection of the curiosities of nature and art ? If not, an hour or two spent in the third story of Wyman’s Hall, Market street, would be both interesting and profitable. Your eyes may feast on birds from every clime, of every size and plumage, until wearied with the endless variety of the feathered tribe, you descend from their serial homes to contemplate with wonder the collection of quadrupeds, reptiles, c., in vast variety, as they represent their various tribes in Europe, Asia, Africa, North and South America, Australia, and many of the islands of the sea. Here, also, are rare fossil specimens to interest the geologist. But the first object of curiosity is the great zeuglodon, Macraspondylus, which was discovered in Alabama, in 1848, by Dr. Albert Koch, in an old worn out field on the farm of Col Prince, near the line of Washington and Choctaw counties.It was soon removed, (partly enclosed in its native rock,) to Dresden, in Saxony, where, after eight months’ labor under the inspection of Prof. Caurus and other distinguished naturalists, it was articulated in its present form. When this work was completed, it was brought back to this country, and purchased from Dr. Koch by the present proprietor, Mr. J. P. Bates ; and there it lies, with its huge proportions and enormous length of ninety-six feet. It is said to be carniv-erous, and supposed to strike its prey with its tail, which “ grows small by degrees and beautifully less.” Its character is that of au anphibi-
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St Louis Christian Advocate
St Louis, Missouri, US
Thu, Sep 10, 1857
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