by others mineral substances. However, but few 

 years elapsed, bel'ore numerous attempts were 

 made by all nations to procure a satisfactory 

 collection of bones. At lengtii Mr. Peale, of 

 Philadelphia imagined he had accomplished 

 this great object. He dug up a parcel of bones 

 in Ulster county, state of New York, formed a 

 skeleton, and dignified it with the name of 

 mammoth^ a Russian term, from rnemolh, a word 

 derived from the Arabic mehemot^ signifying 

 the bekemol of Job. This word is applied to 

 any animal of extraordinary bigness: for in- 

 stance, ^y/i/ is the Arabic appellation for an ele- 

 phant of ordinary size; but when of uncommon 

 magnitude, the adjective mehemodi is always 

 added. 



The skeleton exhibited by Mr. Peak is of 

 the following dimensions: — 



Height over the shoulders 1 1 feet ; length 

 from the chin so the rump 15 feet; from the 

 end of the tusk to the end of the tail 31 feet ; 

 width of the hips and body 5 feet 8 inches; 

 length of the under jaw 3 ft. 1 inch ; weight 

 of the same 63i lbs ; length of the thigh bones 

 3 ft. 7 inches; smallest circumference of the 



