TUSKS OF ELEPHANTS 



as much as eleven feet high at the shoulders. 

 But some specimens of the African elephant 

 must grow to twelve and possibly thirteen feet 



Fig. 67. — Two tusks of Elephants pliotugraphed from speci- 

 mens in the Natural History Museum. The smaller is a 

 fine tusk of the Indian elephant, weighing 70 lb. The 

 larger is the biggest tusk of a recent elephant on record- 

 It weighs 228 lb. and is ten feet two inches in length, 

 measured along the outer curvature. It is one of a pair 

 belonging to an African elephant, and -was brought to 

 Zanzibar from the interior about ten years ago. 



I in height, if we may judge by the size of 



[ their tusks. 



I Fig. 67 shows two elephants' tusks : the two 



I specimens are in the Natural History Museum. 



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