On the Mammoth or Fossil Elephant, found in the ice at the mouth of the river Lena, in Siberia. With a lithographic plate of the skeleton. [Translated and abridged] from the fifth volume of Memoirs of the Imperial Academy of Sciences of St. Petersburg |
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১ ১ ১ 40 toises abundance Academy Adams animal Annales du Museum annually archine Arctic arrived avoirdupois banks blocks of ice bones bristles called carcase collected colour Cuvier depth discovered discovery distance earth escarpment extraordinary feet fishing flesh floating wood FOSSIL ELEPHANT fossil ivory found the Mammoth four inches long Frozen Ocean frozen sea half hills horns horse hair inhabited Jakutsk journey lake Oncoul Lena length ligaments living Elephants long series MAMMOTH OR FOSSIL Mammoth was found melted memoir merchant of Kuma-Surka miles moth Museum d'Histoire Naturelle paces distant particularly Patapof peninsula of Tamut Petersburg pieces of wood Popoff preserved proboscis reddish regions rein-deer remains river Russian sand scapula scarcely Schumachof seen shores Siberia side skeletons of Elephants skin species of Elephant summer surface tail teeth term Mammoth thawed thence thick thicker than horse Tungusian chief tusks wersts white bears