The Discovery, Settlement, And Present State of Kentucke : And An Essay Towards the Topography And Natural History of That Important Country
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— At a fait fpring, near Ohio river, very large bones are found, far furpaffing the fize of any fpecies of animals now in America.
The head appears to have been about three E feet ( 34 ) feet long, the ribs feven, and the thigh bones a- bout four j one of which is repofited in the libra- ry in Philadelphia, and faid to weigh feventy- eight pounds, The tuiks are above a foot in length, the grinders about five inches fquare, and eight inches long. Thefe bones have equally excited the amazement of... the ignorant, and at- tracted the attention of the philofopher. Speci- mens of them have been fent both to France and England, where they have been examined with the greateft diligence, and found upon comparifon to be remains of the iame fpecies of animals that produced thofe other foffil bones which have been difcovered in Tartary, Chili, and feveral other places, both of the old and new continent.
"What animal this is, and by what means its ru- ins are found in regions io widely different, and where none fuch exifts at prelent, is a queftion of more difficult decifion.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
— At a fait fpring, near Ohio river, very large bones are found, far furpaffing the fize of any fpecies of animals now in America.
The head appears to have been about three E feet ( 34 ) feet long, the ribs feven, and the thigh bones a- bout four j one of which is repofited in the libra- ry in Philadelphia, and faid to weigh feventy- eight pounds, The tuiks are above a foot in length, the grinders about five inches fquare, and eight inches long. Thefe bones have equally excited the amazement of... the ignorant, and at- tracted the attention of the philofopher. Speci- mens of them have been fent both to France and England, where they have been examined with the greateft diligence, and found upon comparifon to be remains of the iame fpecies of animals that produced thofe other foffil bones which have been difcovered in Tartary, Chili, and feveral other places, both of the old and new continent.
"What animal this is, and by what means its ru- ins are found in regions io widely different, and where none fuch exifts at prelent, is a queftion of more difficult decifion.
What to read after The Discovery, Settlement, And Present State of Kentucke : And An Essay Towards the Topography And Natural History of That Important Country?
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