THE mam:\ioth 



The mammoth was Hke an Indian elephant, 

 but with a coarse hairy pelt and its tusks had a 

 shghtly different curvature from that seen in the 



Fig. 60. — Engravings on ivory and bone made by ancient men, 

 who lived in caves in the South of France at tlie time 

 when the mammoth, reindeer, bear and hyaena inhabited 

 Europe. The uppermost figure is that of a mammoth, 

 the others represent reindeer. 



Indian elephant. It was a little bigger than 

 the biggest Indian elephant. 



The mammoth has left its remains all over 

 the Holarctic region. Even in our own country 



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