Mit of grave doubts, the subject need not be
pursued further here. [Illustration: Fig. 13.--Cincinnati Tablet. (Back.) From 
Short.] TOUCAN. The _a priori_ probability that the toucan was
known to the Mound-Builders

is, of course, much less than that the
manatee was, since no species of toucan occurs farther north than Southern 
Mexico. Its distant habitat also militates against the idea
that the Mound-Builders could have acquired a knowledge of the bird from 
intercourse with southern tribes, or that they received the supposed toucan 
pipes by way of trade. Without discussing the
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