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RECREATION 



over one hundred and fifty pounds. The 

 ivory was a good white color, and exceed- 

 ingly well preserved, having been kept in 

 cold storage for thousands of years. In 



hair brushes, cribbage boards, paper 

 weights, etc., made from this rare substance. 

 The skull in the illustration has been pro- 

 nounced to be that of a bison and was found 



MAMMOTH TUSK AND " BISON SKULL FOUND FORTY FEET BELOW 

 THE SURFACE OF THE GROUND 



fact, the tusks that have been unearthed in 

 Alaska have generally been so well pre- 

 served that curio dealers manufacture very 

 beautiful souvenirs from the ivory, giving 

 the tourist an opportunity of possessing 



not far from the tusk. The horns, in shape 

 and size, resembled those of the buffalo of 

 to-day. 



Several years ago, at the mouth of the 

 Lena, one of the larger Siberian rivers, a 



