TUSKS OF ELEPHANTS 



as much as eleven feet high at the shoulders. 

 But some specimens of the African elephant 

 must grow to twelve and possibly thirteen feet 



Fig. 67. — Two tusks of Elephants photographed from speci- 

 mens in the Natural History Museum. The smaller is a 

 fine tusk of the Indian elephant, weighing 70 lb. The 

 larger is the biggest tusk of a recent elephant on record. 

 It weighs 228 lb. and is ten feet two inches in length, 

 measured along the outer curvatiu'e. It is one of a pair 

 belonging to an African elephant, and was brought to 

 Zanzibar from the interior about ten years ago. 



in height, if we may judge by the size of 

 their tusks. 



Fig. 67 shows two elephants' tusks : the two 

 specimens are in the Natural History Museum. 



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