THE MAMMOTH 183 



ace of being utterly lost to science when, at 

 the last moment, the mutilated remains were 

 rescued by Mr. Adams, is an old story, often 



Fig. 36. Skeleton of the Mammoth in the Royal 

 Museum of St. Petersburg. 



told and retold. Suffice it to say that, besides 

 the bones, enough of the beast was preserved 

 to tell us exactly what was the covering of this 



