148 ELEPHAN ? T OF THE LENA. 



" On arriving with the Mammoth at Borchaya, 

 our first care was to separate the remaining flesh 

 and ligaments from the bones, which were then 

 packed up. When I arrived at Jakutsk, I had 

 the good fortune to re-purchase the tusks, and 

 from thence expedited the whole to St Peters- 

 burgh."* 



The skeleton is now put up in the Museum of 

 the Academy, and the skin still remains attached 

 to the head and the feet. 



The Mammoth is described by M. Cuvier as a 

 different species from either of the two Elephants 

 living at the present day, the African or the 

 Indian. It is distinguished from them by the 

 teeth, and by the size of the tusks, which are 

 from ten to fifteen feet long, much curved, and 

 have a spiral turn outwards. The alveoli of the 

 tusks are also larger and are produced farther. 

 The neck is shorter, the spinal processes larger, 

 all the bones of the skeleton are stronger, and the 

 scabruous surfaces for the insertion of the muscles 

 more prominent than in the other species. The 

 skin being covered with thick hair, induces M. 

 Cuvier to consider that it was the inhabitant of a 

 cold region. The form of the head is also diffe- 

 ent from that of the living species, as well as 

 the arrangement of the lines of the enamel of the 

 teeth : but for these and other particulars, *ee the 



* Mem. of Imp. Academy of Petersburgh, vol. v. 



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