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thither, and that the Czar’s Opinion about them was, 
that Alexander the Great, when he palled the Tana'ts , 
or Don, advanced as far as Koftinka, a fmall Town 
eight Werfts from thence, and that probably fome of 
his Elephants died there, of which thole Teeth were 
the Remains. 
N° 764 of my Colle&ion, is one of the Grinders of an 
Elephant, which was likewife found in Northampton- 
Jh ire, for the Defcription whereof 1 fhall again borrow the 
Reverend Mr. Morton's own Words *. Northwards , 
fays he, about fifty Tards from this Blace, (where 
the above-mentioned dens exertus was found) was al- 
fo digged up one of the Molares , or Grinder-teeth 
of an Elephant , perhaps of the fame that the Tusk 
belonged to. The Grinder whole , or however all 
the Bieces of it I could find ( for it was broken in- 
to three or four in taking it up) being put together 
as 'they grew , exhibit 13 or 14 parallel Lamella ; 
each of which extends the whole Length , and almofi 
the whole Thicknefs of the Tooth ; and of thefe for 
the Main it is comp 0 fed. But in a live , or perfect 
Tooth , thefe Lamella do not appear fo plainly , being 
in Bart crufled over with a white ojfeous Cruft, or 
Integument , which in this Fojfil Tooth is almofi 
wholly perifhed and gone , infomuch that the Lamella 
are more expo fed to View. From the Root to the 
Top in the longeft Bart , which is near the Middle 
of it , it is juft feven Inches long. Its Thicknefs in 
the thickeft Bart of the Root, which is alfo near 
the Middle of it, is almoft three Inches , and it is 
a little above eight Inches broad: Meafuring it this 
* Natural Hiftory of Northamptonshire, C. iii. §. cxxxv. pag. 252. 
JV ay. 
