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Baber had one made into a drinking vessel and dice 

 box. 



The Mammoth. 



The term mammoth (animal of the earth) has 

 been applied to the fossil elephant by the natives of 

 Siberia, who imagine the bones to belong to some 

 huge animal now existing like a mole under the sur- 

 face of the earth. The mammoth found entire in the 

 isle of Tungusia was clothed with coarse tufty wool, 

 of a reddish colour, interspersed with stiff black hair. 

 It had a long mane on its neck and back, had its ears 

 protected by tufts of hair, and was at least sixteen 

 feet high. 



