Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1894) (14778056151)

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Title: Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
Year: 1817 (1810s)
Authors: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
Subjects: Natural history
Publisher: (Philadelphia : The Academy)
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Institution Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library



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tery has been taken from a Tennessee stone grave.2 Whether the animal effigies from the Thursby mound are representative of thefauna of Florida or not it would be difficult to decide. The panther is still met with inunfrequented places; the bear is not uncommon ; skins of the otter are a consider-able item among the exports of the State ; the wild cat makes the raising of domes-tic fowl precarious; the wild turkey (a separate variety in Florida) still gobblesin the woods; squirrels are seen on every side. The beaver was an article of dietin the time of De Soto3 and some remained so late as the journey of William Bartram.4 The existence of the dog on the St. Johns in prehistoric times is a matter ofuncertainty. On the north the shell-heaps of Georgia hold its remains,5 whileMexico on the south had a domestic animal resembing it.6 During the winter of 1892, the writer discovered a portion of the mandible ofa dog in a shell-heap near the St. Johns River, Florida. Its species has not been
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Fig. <)7. Probably snapping turtle (full size). Fig. 6«. Unidentified (full size). 1 Op. ait., page 480, et seq. 2 Thruston, Antiquities of Tennessee, page 1(1-5. ■■ Narrative of the Career of Hernando de Soto, Buckingham Smiths translation, page 132. 4 Travels. Dublin, 1793, page 277. SC. C. Jones, op. cit., page 196. Explorations of the Aboriginal Remains of Tennessee, Joseph Jones, M. I)., page 2B. THE ST. JOHNS RIVER, FLORIDA. 75