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his thousand dollars.forpts , .Boston, January 6, 1839.exr iJ/r. TF^i. P. Johnsonynot Sir—In answer to your letter of this doteud**r I would observe,'that about two years since,'D.u- my son; who commanded in the ordnanceten department, ii) the district of Louisiana, at be that time and for six years previous, wasthe on a visit to this place, and inforhied me he the saw thq remains of a very rehiarhable ahi* ant tnal, fotiiid hear Fmt St.Philip, about sfcV-ilar enty miles below P^ew-Orleans ; that a part be oftho lowier jaw of the animal was foundr t o me as n ring 20 feet i n leri gth ; that \ here un- were two teeth In a good smte of preserva-tini tion, one connected wiih the jawr the otherua~ loose—the oh*' disconnected was weighed,ro- its* weight vvas 12J pounds ; and remarked ant it was not the largest of the two—that manyHid other bones were also found—many of the [ to spine ; and concluded by saying he thought se- the animal was similar to the Mammoth, aid but as much larger, as the Mammoth wasrry larger than the Fox. '\ to . . ; Yours, in haste, . 1md SAMUEL ADAMS. -upea8ove BONES OF THE BEHEMOTH.ar- Hr. Samuel Adams. . • ’'he. Dear £ir—As some persons have ques-large and most conspic- j a rho uoiis bone, now exhibiting at Tremont)le, House, if oue halfof the ja\v of this nonde-has script animai, I think that giving publicity;or~ to the-indisputable prooiv you have of. theeii- fact} would tend to remove all doubts upon tall the subject. - ‘ .mir If you can conveniently state the partic-aeh ular^, with vInch yon arc acquainted, re-^ * ( |scovery c., you would iny confer a favor uponxe- . : Your obedient servant, **de • V . P. JOHNSON,dfh ^ * For the Proprietors. ''fie- January G, 1830.* k . * . , • « • # . Vlcirohafls0c»11fLctc| rWj/;//.—Kpaiv nnlifplv TttrJ
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