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piece of the skin with its woolly covering and some of the long Pier- 

 hair are shown in pier-case 31. Further confirmation of this ( ' ase31 - 

 peculiarity of the Mammoth is found in the rude sketches 

 scratched on ivory by early Man, who was evidently quite 

 familiar with the animal. A reproduction of one of these early 

 drawings is shown near wall-case 1. 



The finest Mammoth skull hitherto collected in England Caae K. 

 is shown in case K : this specimen was obtained from the brick- 

 earth at Ilford in Essex. Most of the skeleton seems to have 

 been found with it, but the bones were unfortunately destroyed 

 before their interest was recognised. The tusks in this skull 

 are 10 feet 6 inches in length beyond the sockets. 



Fig. 29. 



A. 



Grinding surface of upper molars of (A) the Asiatic, and (B) the 

 African Elephant. About ^ nat.size. 



The Indian elephant, E. maximus (fig. 29 A), one of the two 

 surviving species of the suborder, is found in India, Ceylon, 

 and the Malay Peninsula to Sumatra. The chief peculiarities 

 of the species,, distinguishing it from the African elephant, are 



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