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persons found great difficulty in carrying it to the seaside, in 

 Its dimensions, order to stretch it on logs of wood. The head weighs llf 

 pouds [46olbs.]; the two horns, each of which is lj toise 

 [9~ feet] long, weigh 10 pouds [400 lbs.] ; and the entire ani- 

 mal measured 4f archines [lOf feet] high, by 7 [l6§- feet] 

 long. Mr. Adams has seen tusks of the mammoth so curved 

 as to form three fourths of a circle; and one at Yakoutsk 

 2 J toises' [15 feet 9 in.] long, an archine [2 feet 4 in.] thick 

 near the root, and weighing 7 pouds [280 lbs.]. They are 

 * curved in the direction opposite to those of the elephant, 

 bending toward the body of the animal ; and th« point is al- 

 ways more or less worn on the outside, so that the right tusk 

 is easily distinguishable from the left. He adds, that he 

 Amber. found a great quantity of amber on the shores. 



We understand he wishes to dispose of the skeleton,and means 

 to employ the money in a journey toward the north pole, and 

 particularly in visiting what is called the island of Ljaehow, 

 or Sichow, which, from the information he has received, he 

 believes to be part of the continent of North America. 



St. Thomas's and Guys Hospitals. 



The Spring Course of Lectures at these adjoining Hos- 

 pitals, will commence the beginning of February: viz. at 

 St. Thomas's, 



Anatomy and the Operations of Surgery, by Mr. Cline a 

 and Mr. Cooper. 



Principles and Practice of Surgery, by Mr. Cooper. 

 Guy% 



Practice of Medicine, by Dr. Babington and Dr. Curry. 



Chemistry, by Dr. Babington, Dr. Marcet, and Mr. Allen. 



Experimental Philosophy, by Mr. Allen. 



Theory of Medicine, and Materia Medica, by Dr. Curry 

 and Dr. Cholmeley. 



Midwifery, and Diseases of Women and Children, by 

 Dr. Haigl ton. 



Physiology, or Laws of the Animal (Economy, by Dr. 

 Haighton. 



Structure and Diseases of the Teeth, by Mr. Fox. 



JV. B. These several Lectures are so arranged, that no two 

 of them interfere in the hours of attendance ; and the whole 

 are calculated to form a Complete Course of Medical and 

 Chirurgical Instructions. — Terms and other Particulars may 

 be learnt from Mr. Stocker, Apothecary to Guy's Hospital. 



The communications from J. Gougk } Esq., Dr. Gibbcs, and 

 N. It. 1.. will be given in our next. 



