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of the fame Origin with the Mammoth’s Teeth, but 
different, as they are better preferved, and therefore, 
for a great part, have • ftill the natural bony Sub- 
fiance, and may ferve the Workmen as natural Ivory, 
and in fome Meafure the Phyficians and Apothecaries 
as Ebur,feu Unicornu fojjile. 
An Explanation of the Draughts of the above- 
mention’d Antediluvian Bones of an Animal 
commonly called^ The Mammoth of Siberia 3 
or of the Bones of the fojjile Skeleton of an 
Elephant 3 done to the antient Roman Scale 
contracted , and exhibited in fix Figures. 
T'ranjlated from the Latin by T. S. M. 2 ). 
F. R. S. 
N.B. All theTi gures are reverfed by the Mijlake 
of the Engraver. 
Figure I. exhibits, 
A Front View of the Head. It weighs 130 ib 
5iij. 3 v. 3 j. Apothecaries Weight, or iyj 
Ruffian Pounds. 
Its Length or greateft Height is 48 Inches. 
Its greateft Breadth near the Ears, 29 Inches, 5 Lines 
Its Thicknefs from the Forehead to the Nape of the 
Neck, 22 Inches, f Lines. 
a a. The Os front is. 
bb. The Sutura fagit talis, hardly to be difeern'd. 
c. The bony Septum Nap, or the external Procefs of 
the Os ethmoides, without its Fellow. 
dd. The Coronal Suture appearing imperfed. 
ee. The Of a Sincipitis . 
ff The 
