They were gigantic animals; it was a herd of mastodons--not fossil remains, but living and resembling those the bones of which were found in the marshes of Ohio in 1801.
En effet, c'étaient des animaux gigantesques, tout un troupeau de Mastodontes, non plus fossiles, mais vivants, et semblables à ceux dont les restes furent découverts en 1801 dans les marais de l'Ohio!