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of ice, which rendered it impossible to be got at, till 

 about five years afterwards, when during a warm 

 summer, the ice became so much dissolved, that the 

 huge carcass fell out, and slid down about a hundred 

 paces from its bed ; when the Tongouses cut off the 

 ivory tusks (the only part considered of value by them) 

 and left it a prey to the white Bears, Gluttons,\yolves, 

 and Foxes, it was near two years afterwards, that, 

 by a fortunate circumstance, Mr Adams heard of it, 

 went immediately to the spot, and rescued the com- 

 pleat skeleton and part of the skin, which he trans- 

 ported by land to St. Petersburg, (a distance of 7500 

 miies) where it is now set up in the Imperial Academy. 

 A rude drawing, made of it when perfect, represents 

 it as having an appearance something between a 

 Pig and an Elephant, having ponued ears, and a 

 long bristly mane along the whole back ; it was 

 about 15 feet in length, and 10 high, the bones of 

 the head (without the tusks) weighed 460lt)s. Upon 

 the whole, there can be little doubt but it was the 

 species of Northern Elephant now extinct, the bones 

 of which are found both in America and Europe • 

 large quantities having been lately discovered in seve- 

 ral parts of England.'* 



Sir Joseph Banks received a piece of skin and 

 portions of hair, similar to what is in this collection, 

 as a present from Mr. Adams, which is now in the 

 Surgeons Hall, Lincolns-Inn-Fields, 



Glass Case, containing an Egyptian Mummy. 



The ancient methods observed by the Egyptiaus in 

 embalming human bodies, according to Herodotus, 

 were performed after this manner: " There were cer- 

 " tain persons appointed for the business, who had 

 " three prices according to the workmanship. In 

 ^* the most esteemed method of embalming, theyex- 



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