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Show CoenrtblnK a M ammo lb ' Bond, W. B. Jelly, ei-reeve of Amaranth, who lives on lot No. 9, con. 7, was last summer en-;.iged in scooping out a watering place for his cattle in a wet corner r:f his farm, and while excavating excavat-ing i:e unearthed the ribs of un animal, which wero of such a large size that they Btartled him. He resolved to prosecute his work nest day. but during the night it rained so heavily that he was unable to dig for any more of the remains of the animal. Lie exhibited the ribBa couple of weeks ago to Mr. John Jelly, of Shelburne, the result being that this gentleman's curiosity curi-osity was so much aroused that he hired men to resume the search for the remaining re-maining parts of what he believed to be an antediluvian animal Mr. Jelly, assisted as-sisted by David Hoey and John Anderson, Ander-son, a few days ago began operations. After digging for awhile they exhumed other bones, consisting of ribs and vertebra. ver-tebra. These relics told their own tale. Some of the ribs are four feet long, and the component parte of the backbone back-bone are in proportion to the weight and size of the framework of the body. Mr. Jelly, with the eye of an archaeologist, archaeol-ogist, prosecuted his search with vigor, and in a few days was delighted by the unearthing of one of the horns of the mammoth. The enormous size of the antediluvian animal can be estimated from the size and weight of the immense horn or tusk. At the butt it is eight Indies In diameter, diam-eter, and the part secured is twelve feet eight inches in length. Unfortunately tho workmen could not locate the tip of the horn; but competent scientists who viewed the remains say that it extended fourteen feet. The horn was broken in three pieces, and had to be removed in parts, one of which required the strength of two men to elevate to a wagon. The middle piece itself measured eight feet, and looks more like a log of wood than the undoubted horn of an animal. The work of excavation ia Btill going on, and daily ribs and portions of the vertebras are being dug up. The soil is a black muck, from two to three feet in depth, and under this is a layer of white marl, descending to a depth in some coses of two feet, and in others of three and four feet. Underneath the stratum is a bed of black sand. In the marl are to be seen shells, indicating that tlte mammoth mam-moth must have perished when the country was covered with water or subjected sub-jected to the glacial invasion. Toronto ftlnhe |