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' The escarpment of ice was 35 to 40 toises high ; ami, according to the 
f report of the Tungusians, the animal was, when they first saw it, seven toises 
f below the surface of the ice, &c. 
f On arriving with the Mammoth at Borchaya, our first care was to 
* parate the remaining flesh and ligaments from the bones which were then 
f packed up. When I arrived at Jakutsk, I had the good fortune to re-purchase 
‘ the tusks, and from thence expedited the whole to St. Petersburg.” 
The skeleton is now put up in the Museum of the Academy, and the f 
skin still remains attached to the head and the feet. 
The Mammoth is described by M. Cuvier as a different species from 
either of the two Elephants living at the present day, the African or the Indian. 
It is distinguished from them by the teeth, and by the size of the tusks, which are 
from ten to fifteen feet long, much curved, and have a spiral turn outwards. 
The alveoli of the tusks are also larger and are produced farther. The neck is 
shorter, the spinal processes larger, all the bones of the skeleton are stronger, 
and the scabrous surfaces for the insertion of the muscles more prominent than 
in the other species. The skin being covered with thick hair, induces M. Cuvier 
to consider that it was the inhabitant of a cold region. The form of the head is 
also different from that of the living species, as well as the arrangement of the lines 
of the enamel of the teeth : but for these and other particulars, see the memoirs 
of M. Cuvier in the Annales du Museum dTIistoire Naturelle. 
The Mammoth more nearly resembles the Indian than the African 
species of Elephant. 
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A part of the skin and some cf 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 
