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THE ELEPHANT AS AN EMBLEM CHAP. 
specimens which have been and are in the possession of the Zoologi- 
cal Society, and other proprietors. It was apparently used in the 
past. Certain Carthaginian coins are stamped with a figure of 
Samuel Baker, ) 
(After Sir 
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Mephas africanus. 
lephant 
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African E 
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Fia. 
the African Elephant; but in Africa no attempts are now made 
to utilise this creature except for food and ivory. 
The meaning of an Elephant as an emblem upon a coin 
appears to be eternity, and there is no question but that the 
