Show A GIAM MASTODON the well preserved eloa of an enormous Amen cai bonni fonni in canada OTTAWA sept 26 special the skeleton af a great mastodon found at forty miles west of st is ou exhibition at that town the area of the crave where the monsters bones were foun d is feet the hone were scattered over it one joint fitting into lie other in n bed of ray marl about six feet below the surface oyer the marl is a thick layer of black loamy soil resembling in composition and quality landa that skirt a moss peat tho following are some of the bone measurements hind legs from the chish to the knee joint 47 inches circumference cum ference 35 inches two foreleg bonea the from the shoulder blade to the knee joint 3 feet 4 inches in bength 3 feet 4 inches in circumference the atlas joint buon which the head is set has a breadth of 18 inches the sh blado measures 3 feet 2 indies by 2 feet 1 inch in the widest part the longest rib and nearly all the ribs have been found is 6 inches long and has a circumference of 10 inches the lower jaw the inferior maxillary bone which 19 in a splendid state of preservation measures 6 feet round from the one process to the other and the width of the jaw is inches one oi the nasal bones which is tolerably well preserved is 2 feeal inch long and the oil factory channel is 11 inches by 3 the joints of the vertebrae are liko the hoofs of a draft horse and tha channel of the spinal column form a bed for the 3 anch water pipe tho length of the animal banged ganged by the of the bones already found and allowing for those that have not yet been discovered is from the point of the nostril to the root of the tail about 22 feet this is greater than that of the celebrated mastodon gigan discovered near N Y in the summer of 1815 18 15 and alie is larger and more complete than any that haa been found in kentucky ohio missouri california or oregon where the remains have been in greatest abundance s r p s A 0 S a jt j s y |