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IVORY AND THE ELEPHANT 



other, weighing but an ounce less, measured 7 ft. 7 in. in 

 length. The average weight for each of the 80 tusks was 

 8j pounds and the average length 5 ft. 9 in. 



MEMORIAL TABLETS 



As ivory is such an enduring material, the writer sug- 

 gests its use for short memorial inscriptions, engraved on 

 a small, artistically designed tablet, to be placed in the hand 

 of a deceased person and interred with the body, thus pro- 

 viding a lasting and beautiful record of the identity, birth- 

 place, and dates of birth and death. 



The Triumph of C^sar, from a Painting bt Andr6 Man- 

 tinea. The Boys Armed with Hammers (Instruments of 

 Sacrifice) Care for the Candelabra by Whose Light the 

 Roman Heroes Are to Ascend to the Capitol 



Courtesy of the Edison Monthly 



