ELEPHANT OF THE LENA. 149 
memoirs of M. Cuvier, in the “ Annales du 
Museum d’Histoire Naturelle.” 
The Mammoth more nearly resembles the 
Indian than the African species of Elephant. 
A part of the skin, and some of the hair of this 
animal, were sent by Mr Adams to Sir Joseph 
Banks, who presented them to the Museum of the 
Royal College of Surgeons. The hair is entirely 
separated from the skin, excepting in one very 
small part, where it still remains firmly attached. 
It consists of two sorts, common hair and bristles, 
and of each there are several varieties, differing in 
length and thickness. That remaining fixed on 
the skin is of the colour of the camel, an inch 
and a half long, very thick set, and curled in 
locks. It is interspersed with a few bristles, 
about three inches long, of a dark reddish colour. 
Among the separate parcels of hair are some 
rather redder than the short hair just mentioned, 
about four inches long, and some bristles nearly 
black, much thicker than horse hair, and from 
twelve to eighteen inches long. 
The skin when first brought to the Museum 
was offensive. It is now quite dry and hard, and 
where most compact, is half an incli thick. Its 
colour is the dull black of the living Elephants. 
The huge American animal, considered to 
belong to the tribe of Proboscideans, will exceed 
in size and massiveness of skeleton any of the 
creatures we have yet noticed. Our figure of 
