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Rancho la Brea, Section of "Elephant Pit" (Pit No. 



9) 359 



Showing Teeth of Elephant and Various Bones in situ, Los Angeles, California 



Embryo of an Elephant 362 



At One Third of the Two Years of Gestation. Courtesy of Mr. Carl E. Akeley 



Snake River and Canyon Walls 363 



Cherry County, Nebraska. From Nebraska Geological Survey 



Mandible of Tetrabelodon Lulli 376 



Found in Deposits at Snake River, Cherry County, Nebraska, in 1914. 



Courtesy of Dr. Erwin H. Barbour, State Geologist of Nebraska 



Mounted Skeleton of the Columbian Mammoth 377 

 (Elephas Columhi) . 



Found near Jonesboro, Grant County, Indiana, in 1903. 



Now in the American Museum of Natural History, New York 



Pigmy Elephant "Congo" (Elephas Pumilis) . . . 384 



Aged 11 Years. Height 4 Feet. New York Zoological Society 



Imperial Mammoth (Elephas Imperator) 392 



From Victoria, Southern Texas. Courtesy of Dr. Erwin H. Barbour. 



Great Tusk of Elephas Columhi 396 



"Cinched" with Bandages of Burlap, Plaster, and Lath. Ready for Crating. 



Collection of Hon. Charles H. Morrill 



Skull and Tusks of Elephas Columhi 396 



In Position in Loess Bank, Campbell, Franklin County, Nebraska. 



The Two Largest Tusks in the World . . , . .410 



One, Weighing 226 Pounds, Is Now in the British Museum. 



Tusks of a Soudanese Elephant 411 



a Record Pair of Tusks Presented to the New York Zoological Garden by 

 the Late Charles T. Barney. 



Huge Elephant 422 



Brought Down by a Well-aimed Shot by Carl E. Akeley. 



Acacia Tree of Fifteen Inches Diameter .... 422 



Broken Down by an Elephant. Courtesy of Carl E. Akeley. 



Fossil Elephant Tusks 426 



From the Lena River, Siberia. 



A Fortune in Ivory 442 



Each Tusk Worth $50 to $100: Zanzibar. 



Jagging Wheels 482 



Made by Sailors from Whale Teeth or Walrus Tusks. 



Old Dartmouth Historical Society, New Bedford, Mass. 



