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analyze the sources of his power over us. He stands sixteen 

 feet in height. His extreme length is twenty-six feet, and 

 the distance between the tips of his tusks is fourteen feet. 

 His body is thirty feet in circumference close to the skin. 

 The sole of his foot is three feet in diameter. His tusks are 

 fourteen feet long and one foot in diameter at base. Between 

 his short, post-like fore-legs a man can stand upright with 

 his hat on, without touching the animal's body. The whole 

 exterior is clothed with dark shaggy hair, quite unlike the 

 modern elephants, and under the throat it attains a length of 

 twelve to fifteen inches." 



Here the old Siberian Mammoth enjoys his bodily resur- 

 rection. Dr. Fraas was the angel of the resurrection, and 

 has made him as nearly as possible like his ancient self. Dr. 

 Fraas is an eminent anatomist and geologist, and we trust his 

 judgment and his veracity. 



Europe, Asia, and America had their Mammoth and Mas- 

 todon in the Quaternary Age ; and their bones and carcasses 

 still lie preserved in Drift deposits to testify to their existence. 

 South America, however, had its MegatJwrium, its Mylodon, 

 its Scelidotfierium, and other strange giants of the order known 

 as Edentates. These have been found imbedded in the " Pam- 

 pean Formation," which extends from Brazil nearly to the 

 Straits of Magellan. It is mostly a level and sparsely wooded 

 plain, covered by a rich soil underlaid by gravel and sand. 

 Numerous marine remains indicate that it was covered by the 

 sea during a period geologically recent. In this formation 

 have been found the ponderous bones of a colossal ground- 

 sloth, now known as Megatherium. The first relics were dis- 

 covered in 1789, near the city of Buenos Ayres. A nearly 

 complete skeleton was sent to Madrid, where it still stands, the 

 chief scientific attraction of the Spanish capital. Through 

 various other discoveries, entire skeletons have been recon- 

 structed, the most perfect of which stands in the British Mu- 

 seum. Plaster copies of this have been made under the di- 

 rection of Professor Ward, and the Megatherium is now a 

 familiar sight in American museums. A restoration complete 



