The Delaware gazette. [volume] (Wilmington [Del.]) 1809-1810, 1810-06-06
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Discovery Of q real and entire 4Namm0.h.

ne accOdnt OK this interesting discover
is given by Mr.. Adams, an Enelishman
long resident at 81. Petersburg, whose low
CT science was not To be controlled BY dan
gers and difficulties, and ahsthe horrors, o
distant journey to the frozen regions" o
"A static Russia. Having remained few
days at Jakousk on the river Lena, ant
PROVIDED himself with recommcpdatoyy lei,
sers to the agents OF govern mcut, aid Il
some we al;hy traders 10 fur, whom the love
OF gain keeps wandering for years on Mle
borders of the Frozen Ocean, in the mos,
uncomfortable Of all climates. he proceed.
Ell 10 descend s!,e rivsr,some,inss in boals
and sometimes on a reindeer, which he de-
scri,es the most disagreeab!e substitute for
horse he was ever condemned to. The
people inhahi!ing those wild regions where
the Lena fall. into the sea, call ,hen seve.
Iongoux. and their county Apger,iam, To
| the north of the embouchure is an !sihmus
which, though family marked ON orr maps,
is OF considerable extent, and here it is u
sual for the peghboaring tribes to assemble
during the short summer they are favored
With, in ques, of FISH, and of mammoth
teeth, Or horns, Obey may be called eirher)
which are Frequently found scattered upon
the strand. Il was in Que of these excur.
sioos that Iongoux chief. Gale d Scum ach
Oft, psrceivetfin the summer Of 1899, an
unknown mass, incased towards the upper
extremity Of block D! ice. which had been
thrown ashore, and left by the waves. Ia
the succeeding summer he could distn-
guish one side, and afterwards the feet OF
IN animal of great size which he soon con-
iectured TO BE- the MANN 9TH but on his re-
turn home to communicate the good news,
the seers Of the tribe alarmed HIM by d.
nouncing the vengeance of heaven, if h.
proceeded any farther in his enterprise, 4
similar monster had appeared but once be-
fore, they said, and all who had presumed
to examine it, and thus prv into the secrets
Of nature. had fallen victims to contage
Gus disorder as all wisdom and power Of
communication With ,he gots, in these bar
bareus countries resides in few old men,
SomachoF reproachrd himself with his
mpety, and had nearly died Of violen, ILL.
ness with which he was shortly afterwards
seized. Finding himself alive, however,
at the end Of five wears. and his bunting and
fishing excursions had been more than u.
sualy successful, he determined to pursue
his project in defiance of the s-ers. 1t for.
tuna,ely happened too, that the interval CT
the summer having been longer than usua.
IN the yeas 8O4, the ice immrd ia,e!y about
the mammoth was melted, and the body
of the animal, being extrica,ed from the
case where it had been, for many centuries
probably contained, and impelled by its en-
ormcus weight, ro!:ed down upon the strand
below, where SoumachoH and hi, friends
asse mbied delighted with their prize, they
Immediately proceeded TO saw off The teeth,
which weighed upwards of four hundrod
pounds, and were sold for fifty rubles, and
the carcass was, then abandoned to those
who chose to feed their dogs with it and to
the wild beasts of the de.ert.
| II was TWO wears after this, in the year
BOG, that Mr.. Adams arrived at the -pot,
| where the skeleton of the animal covered
by the hide was still extended. His frs,
care was to have the hide taken of, and The
| united efforts Of ten men were necessary ia
drag it along, and stretch !. open to the
sun. He then separated the bones 10 such
manner as to be able to put them ,og-tl.
| or aSaln' anu re'urnea amer d lew eAcurs!'
ons into the neighhourlug country, which
he has related in avery lnterres!ing man.
ner, perfectly repaid, he says, tor oil The
fatigue he had undergone, and the expsncs
he had incurred. he mammoth 10 quss.
ton appears to have been nine feet high
and fourteen feet in length, with long and
shaggy name. but with no tail, as the ele
nhart has. and differiuC in some other les.
Important particulars from that animal
they are probably varieties OF one spec,es
he bones of its head weighed four hundred
saud fly pounds. l shailconc'ude the yer,
imperfect extract have given of Mr.. Ad
ANS account in his own words. g. On com
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