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mane extending along the whole of its back. Tn this it has 

 the appearance of something between a pig and an elephant. 



In 1306, Mr. Mich. Adams, of Petersburg, being at Description of 

 Yakoutsk, fortunately heard of this circumstance, and re- ' ' 

 paired to the spot. When he arrived there, the skeleton, 

 nearly stripped of its flesh, was entire, one of the forefeet 

 excepted. The vertebra?, from the head to the os coccygis, 

 one of the shoulderblades, the pelvis, and the remaining 

 three extremities, were still held firmly together by the liga- 

 ments of the joints, and by strips of skin and flesh. The 

 head was covered with a dry skin. One of the ears, well 

 preserved, was furnished with a tuft of bristles. These 

 parts could not avoid receiving some injury during their re- 

 moval to Petersburg, a distance of 1 1000 wersts [6875 miles] : 

 the eyes however are preserved, and the pupil of the left eye 

 is still distinguishable. The tip of the under lip was eaten 

 away; and the upper being destroyed, the teeth were ex- 

 posed. The brain, which was still within the cranium, ap- 

 peared dry. The parts least damaged were one of the fore- 

 feet and one of the hind: these were still covered with skin, 

 and had the sole attached to them. 



According to theTungoose chief the animal was so corpu- 

 lent and well fed, that its belly hung down below the knee 

 joints. Tt was a male, with a long mane, but had neither 

 tail nor trunk. From the structure of the os coccygis how- 

 ever, Mr. Adams is persuaded, that it had a short thick tail: 

 and from the smallness of its snout, and the size of its tusks, 

 he conceives it could not have been able to feed without the 

 assistance of a proboscis; but Schoumachoff persisted in the 

 assertion, that he never saw any appearance of a trunk, and 

 it does not appear probable, that even his rude draughtsman 

 would have omitted such a striking feature. The skiu, 

 three fourths of which are in possession of Mr. Adams, the 

 part that lay on the ground having been preserved, was of a 

 deep gray colour, and covered with reddish hair and black 

 bristles. These, from the dampness of the grouud, had 

 lost some part of their elasticity. More than a poud [40 lbs.] 

 weight of them, that had been trodden into the ground by the 

 bears, was collected, many of them an archine [2 feet 4 in.] 

 long. What remained of the skin was so heavy, that ten 



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