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spines, is 9 feet 4 inches ; the length of the tusks, along the 

 curve, is 9 feet 6 inches. Parts of the skin of the head, the 

 eye-ball, and of the strong ligament of the nape which helped 





to sustain the heavy head and teeth, together with the hoofs, 

 remain attached to the skeleton. These huge elephants, 

 adapted by their clothing to endure a cold climate, subsisted 

 on the branches and foliage of the northern pines, birches, 



