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THE ELEPHANT OF THE LENA. 



PLATE V. 



According to several writers, the term Mam- 

 moth is of Tartar origin, and is derived from 

 mama, which signifies the earth,* and the natives 

 of Siberia give the name of " bones of the Mam- 

 moth" to the remains of Elephants which are 

 found in great abundance in that country, believ- 

 ing that the Mammoth is an animal which lives 

 underground at the present time. 



The Mammoth or Elephant's bones and tusks, 

 are found throughout Russia, and more particu- 

 larly in Eastern Siberia and the Arctic marshes. 

 The tusks are found in great quantities, and are 

 collected for the sake of profit, being sold to the 

 turners in the place of the living ivory of Africa, 

 and the warmer parts of Asia, to which it is not 

 at all inferior. 



* According to others it is derived from behemoth, men- 

 tioned in the book of Job, or mehemoth, an epithet which 

 the Arabs commonly add to the word Elephant, to desig- 

 nate one which is very large. See Cuvier, Ann. du Mus, 

 ?ol. viii. p. 45. 



