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wolves, and foxes, — preyed upon it also, and their bur- 

 rows were seen in the neighbourhood. The skeleton, 

 almost completely unfleshed, was entire, with the excep- 

 tion of one of the fore feet. The spondyle, from the 

 head to the os coccygis, a shoulder-blade, the pelvis, 

 and the remains of the three extremities, were still 

 tightly attached by the nerves of the joints, and by- 

 strips of skin on the exterior side of the carcase. The 

 head was covered with a dry skin ; one of the ears, well 

 preserved, was furnished with a tuft of bristles. All 

 these parts must necessarily have suffered by a carriage 

 of 11,000 wersts. The eyes, however, are preserved, 

 and we can still distinguish the ball of the left eye. 

 The tip of the under lip has been eaten away, and the 

 upper part, being destroyed, exhibited the teeth. The 

 brain was still within the cranium, but it appeared dry. 



The parts least damaged are a fore foot and a hind 

 one; they are covered with skin, and have still the sole 

 attached. According to the assertion of the Toun- 

 gouse chief, the animal had been so large and well fed, 

 that its belly hung down below the knee joints. This 

 mammoth is a male, with a long mane at his neck, but 

 it has no tail and no trunk. The skin, three-fourths of 

 which are in my possession, is of a deep grey, and co- 

 vered with a reddish hair and black bristles. The hu- 

 midity of the soil, where the animal has lain so long, 

 has made the bristles lose some part of their elasticity. 

 The entire carcase, the bones of which I collected 

 upon the spot, is 4 archines and a half high by 7 long, 



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