1. Notes on The State of Virginia by Thomas Jefferson
Accounts published in Europe supposed these discoveries to be similar to bones that were found in Siberia. ... Buffon says that heat is advantageous to an animal's growth, while moisture is degenerative to growth. ... Also, when it comes to mammoths, the size of the animals have been increased even in the cold and moisture. Next he shows us three tables, showing the comparative sizes of animals both in Europe and America. ... The first animal in this column weighs more than the all of the European ones. ...
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