| 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 
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