THE MAMMOTH. 



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of the skeleton as it now stands, may be seen on the wall of the 

 big Geological Gallery at South Kensington (No. I. on plan), near 

 the specimens of Mammoth tusks. But it should be pointed out 

 that the tusks are put on the wrong way ; for they curve outwards 

 instead of inwards, thus presenting a somewhat grotesque appear- 

 ance. For this reason we have not reproduced the familiar 

 woodcut based on an engraving in the memoir already referred 



FIG. 52. Skeleton of Mammoth, Elephas primigenius (partly restored), in 

 the Museum at Brussels. Drawn from a photograph, by J. Smit. 



to. 1 But we give, instead, a sketch taken from a photograph (also 

 on the wall in gallery No. I.) of a fine skeleton in the Brussels 

 Museum (Fig. 52). Here the tusks are seen correctly inserted. 

 We must also draw the reader's attention to the remarkably fine 



History Museum (pier case 31) in a tall glass jar. It came from frozen soil, 

 Behring Strait. By the side of this will be seen, in a glass box, a portion of 

 the skin of a mammoth, from the banks of the river Alaseja, Province of 

 Yakutsk, Siberia. It exhibits the under fur, the long hair having entirely 

 disappeared. 



1 Fig. 32 in Part I. of the Guide to the Exhibition Galleries in the Depart- 

 ment of Geology and Paleontology in the British Museum (Natural History], 

 Cromwell Road. (Price u.) This most useful guide should be consulted by 

 the reader. 



