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ORDERS OF MAMMALIA. 



vived into the earlier portion of the hnman period is unques- 

 tionable, its remains having been found in a great number 

 of instances associated with implements of human manu- 

 facture ; whilst in one instance a recognisable portrait of 



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it has been discovered, carved on bone. From its great 

 abundance in Siberia, it might have been safely inferred that 

 the Mammoth was able to endure a much colder climate 

 than either of the living species. This inference, however, 



