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ception of one fore leg.* * * § The spine from the head to the os coccygis,f one 
/ scapula, the basin, and the other three extremities were still held together by 
f the ligaments and by parts of the skin. The head was covered with a dry skin ; 
c one of the ears, well preserved,]; was furnished with a tuft of hairs. 
f All these parts have necessarily been injured in transporting them 
f a distance of 11,000 wersts (7,330 miles.) Yet the eyes have been preserved 
r and the pupil of the left eye can still be distinguished. § The point of the lower 
f lip had been gnawed, and the upper one having been destroyed, the teeth could 
‘ be perceived. The brain was still in the cranium but appeared dried up. 
' The parts least injured are one fore foot and one hind foot; they are 
f covered with skin, and have still the sole attached. According to the assertion 
c of the Tungusian chief the animal was so fat and well fed that its belly 
f hung down below the joints of the knees. This Mammoth was a male, with a 
f long mane on the neck, but without tail or proboscis. |[ The skin, of which I 
c possess three-fourths, is of a dark grey colour, covered with a reddish wool and 
c black hairs. The dampness of the spot, where the animal had laid so long, 
‘ had in some degree destroyed the hair. The entire carcase of which I col- 
4 iected the bones on the spot, is four archines (9 ft. 4 in.) high, and seven ar- 
c chines (16 ft. 4 in.) long from the point of the nose to the end of the tail, 
f without including the tusks, which are a toise and a half*!! in length; the 
K two together weighed 360 lb. avoirdupois; the head alone, without the tusks, 
4 weighs 11 poods and a half (4141b. avoirdupois.) 
f The principal object of my care was to separate the bones, to arrange 
f them, and put them up safely, which was done with particular attention. I had 
1 the satisfaction to find the other scapula, which had remained not far off. I 
* This has been restored in plaster of Paris from the other side. 
This is an error, as of 28 or SO caudal vertebrs only 8 are remaining. 
J The ears are not •well preserved, hut may perhaps have suffered in so long a carriage. 
§ A dried substance is visible, but it is not certain whether it is the pupil of the eye. 
|| The places of the insertion of the muscles of the proboscis are visible on the skull, it was probably 
devoured as well as the end of the tail. 
*1 9ft. 6 in. measuring along the curve. The distance from the base or root of the tusk to the point 
ts 3ft. 7 in. 
