The National Collection 



It is reported that these tusks recently were owned by King Menelek, 

 " Abyssinia, and that he presented them to a European political officer. 

 Eventually they were offered for sale in the London ivory market, and were 

 bought by Mr. Rowland Ward, from whom they were purchased by order of 

 Mr. Barney. They now form a part of the National Collection of Heads 

 and Horns, and as soon as practicable will be exhibited in the Zoological 

 Park. 



So far as we know, these are the longest tusks ever produced by a living 

 species of elephant ; and the chances are, as a hundred thousand to one, that they 

 never will be surpassed. W. T. H. 



