ELEPHANT OF THE LENA. 149 



memoirs of M. Cuvier, in the " Annales du 

 Museum d'Histoire Naturelle," 



The Mammoth more nearly resembles the 

 Indian than the African species- of Elephant. 



A part of the skin, and some of the hair of this 

 animal, were sent by Mr Adams to Sir Joseph 

 Banks, who presented them to the Museum of the 

 Royal College of Surgeons. The hair is entirely 

 separated from the skin, excepting in one very 

 small part, where it still remains firmly attached. 

 It consists of two sorts, common hair and bristles, 

 and of each there are several varieties, differing in 

 length and thickness. That remaining fixed on 

 the skin is of the colour of the camel, an inch 

 and a half long, very thick set, and curled in 

 locks. It is interspersed with a few bristles, 

 about three inches long, of a dark reddish colour. 



Among the separate parcels of hair are some 

 rather redder than the short hair just mentioned, 

 about four inches long, and some bristles nearly 

 black, much thicker than horse hair, and from 

 twelve to eighteen inches long. 



The skin when first brought to the Museum 

 was offensive. It is now quite dry and hard, and 

 where most compact, is half an inch thick. Its 

 colour is the dull black of the living Elephants. 



The huge American animal, considered to 

 belong to the tribe of Proboscideans, will exceed 

 in size and massiveness of skeleton any of the 

 creatures we have yet noticed. Our figure of 



