J'OSSIL ELEPl-IAxVT, OR MAMMOTH. 



Two years afterwards, or in 1806, Mr. Adams went 

 to exarutne this animal, which still remained on the sand- 

 bank where it had fallen from the ice, but its body was 

 then greatly mutilated. The Jukuts of the neighbour- 

 hood had taken away considerable quantities of its flesh 

 to feed their dogs ; and the wild animals, particularly 

 the white bears, had also feasted on the carcass; yet 

 the skeleton remained quite entire, except that one of 

 the fore-legs was gone. The entire spine, the pelvis, one 

 shoulder-blade, and three legs, were still held together 

 by their ligaments and by some remains of the skin ; 

 and the other shoulder-blade was found at a short dis- 

 tance. The head remained, covered by the dried skin, 

 and the pupil of the eyes was still distinguishable. The 

 brain also remained within the skull, but a good deal 

 shrunk and dried up; and one of the ears was in excellent 

 preservation, still retaining a tuft of strong bristly hair. 

 The upper lip was a good deal eaten away, and the un- 

 der lip was entirely gone, so that the teeth were distinct- 

 ly seen. The animal was a male, and had a long mane 

 on its neck. 



" The skin was extremely thick and heavy, and as 

 much of it remained as required the exertions of ten 

 raen to carry away, which they did with considerable 

 difficulty. More than thirty pounds weight of the hair 

 and bristles of this animal were gathered from the wet 

 sand-bank, having been trampled into the mud by the 

 white bears while devouring the carcass. Some of the 

 liair was presented to our Museum of Natural History 

 by M. Targe, censor in the Lyceum of Charlemagne* 

 It consists of three distinct kinds. One of these is stiff* 

 black bristles, a foot or more in length ; another is thin- 

 ner bristles, or coarse flexible hair, of a reddish brown 

 eolour; and the third is a coarse reddish-brown woolj 



