Height over the shoulders 11 0 Ditto over the hips 9 0 Length from the chin to the rump 15 0 From the point of the tusks to the end of the tail, following the curve 31 0 Length in a straight line 20 0 Width of the hips and body 5 8 Length of the under jaw 2 10 Weight of the same 63½ pounds Width of the head 3 2 Length of the thigh-bone 3 7 Smallest circumference of the same 1 6 Length of the tibia 2 0 Length of the humerus, or large bone of the fore-leg 2 10 Largest circumference of the same 3 2½ Smallest ditto ditto 1 5 Length of the radius 2 5½ Circumference round the elbow 3 8 Length of the scapula, or shoulder-blade 3 1 Length of the longest vertebra, or backbone 2 3 Longest rib, without cartilage 4 7 Length of the first rib 2 0 Ditto of the breast-bone 4 0 Length of the tusks, defences, or horns 10 7 Circumference of one tooth or grinder 1 6½ Weight of the same, 4 pounds 10 ounces The whole skeleton weighs about 1000 pounds. FINIS. Lawrence, Printer, No. 378, Strand. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Transcriber’s note: Page 16, ‘thursting’ changed to ‘thrusting,’ “in thrusting his spade deeper” Pages 24-25, all instances of ‘intire’ changed to ‘entire.’ Page 36, ‘beach’ changed to ‘beech,’ “and now with beech.” Page 44, ‘les’ changed to ‘less,’ “active, less energetic on one” End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Account of the Skeleton of the Mammoth, by Rembrandt Peale