Memoir upon Imng and fossil Elephants. 251 



{Tahle continued.) 



Author 



who have j r^Yi6r authoriti-es and details upon the 

 quoted the I ^.--^ ^i the j^jks 



„ . I'lisk bulonjihi'; to !>:. Ry;»ayder, 



Camper, V ^-g^^hrait in RotlcrdHin, according- 

 Descr An.1 j,, Klockner - - -_ 



"" .■|^"'i'"- )Tuik soid at Amsterdam, same author 

 p. l.^;5. ^Tusk in Camper's cr^binct 



Faujas.Gto- J I'he largest tusk in the Museum of 

 logic, 1■l^. \ Katural History at Paris 

 Fortis, '\ 



}}^^\ P°"' C Tusk in the Florence cabi.iet - 

 I Hist. Nat. C 



dcl'Ital. 11.) 



Pennant. ) The large tusks from Mozambique 



pSeveral tusks measured by Eden -j 9' Eng- 



I Lopes _ - . - - 

 Buffon.Hist. I Drack - - - - - 

 Kat. tum.x:.<( Tusks from Lowaugo, according to 

 the Voyage of the liidlan company 

 Tusks from the Cape, according to 

 Kolben _ - - - 



As the tusks grow during the life of the animal; and the 

 body does not, the size of an elephant cannot he concluded 

 from its lusks, even hy establishing the proportion between 

 individuals of one same variety and the same sex: as, ou 

 the other hand, the tusks rot, or break at their points, accord- 

 ing to the greater or less use the animal makes of them ; and 

 they are sharpened more or less abruptly into a point, we 

 cannot conclude their length from the diameter at their 

 base. 



Finally, their weight cannot be concluded from their di- 

 mensions, (Messerschmidt in the Philosophical Transac- 

 tions,) because their cavity at the base may be more or less 

 (illed. 



The degree of curvature of the tusks of elephants varies 

 almost as much as their size. We have seen above ihc 

 most conmion diflcrcnces in this respect among the Indian 

 elephants. In various cabinets there arc several lusks to be 



seen 



