The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-01-29

o. which he did not try the tticknese. The pre-
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There !. great variation in the sizes OF nam
show. Some were no larger than our own
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nary circus eieiphsnts inspires ave BY It's bulk.
tSWsntS Sd isst , hSIIsG i would . excite S;.s Thi ,ss, what MS. {
and dangerous .truns. Beside such anon.
The elephants OF to-day. lying in q herd In
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this monssrSus species OF animal. which s,so
tusks: WIN, deyastntIon q email herd Of man..
'TSss s. MAJ N %s1ss lived lived s ~ The forests a. the
and even the hnrrdr sganeh S%s u such trees Is
happened harp asd n to be In their neiGhS9r d.S ann LIZ
they ate OF the trees Of the forests Of temperate
,stisndeTsib .l In tb Si2esia they yo ate tr v and ,p pine
Shows afforded them ample protection against
and and a1% eld dlHes and Ge n al HI prosaSiiity as s slSwly
gsovokWs 6a to severity sstsdt e ss are the tnn sisrhh nNs 9lso,
d dsni Masn en ssraesed though s"sy mott Mat 90 dSns PSss
v1 ass i asY; i: ] \ EI HSissi %ssst sse:' s ss~, siass
mSst interes.inS account 81 ,shs; tndlns q : :
p!oT!ns the fiSnaisiriia Riysi in the late spring
seasons in Siberia in many years The frozen
soil was loosened and the. swollen river was
1ndermiping it and sweepinE II away; Large
vessel out Of the dangerous current. They
" aTSe stream sp ,smu "a says a' B Bsns asdors. rolled
oyer. and tore up the soft wet ground like
bank. While we were ali quiet We heard Nm.
der our feet u gnreling and stirring which be-
ssssSdss TIE our Mo jaass scs Il ,so lo a,ssftSr ssa r wa.sss
through the disturbed waters.
thrust out Of the water. and we beheld a colos-
sal elephant's head. armed with mighty tusks.
seeking W,es hss SOM some siIne Il HG had Io ST 'n Th Sa Monster as II
was scarce twelve feet from me. and its half
o S,1fI . eyss SO preserved that the whites were
tened a rope around his neck and, threw q
long. drove stake into the ground twenty feet
to It." After the united exertions OF all the
men and horses the body was dragged to the
solid shore. Picture to yourself" says Ben
kendorf. "an. elephant with q body COW
cred with thick fur. It was 13 feet in
height. 10 feet long. with tusks 3 feet
long. The animal was fat and we'll
grown. His. parchment-like. large naked
ears lay iearfully turned over the head: about
the shoulders and back he had stiff hair about
n foot in length. like a name. The top Of the
head was so rough. and so penetrated with
pitch thatit resembled the rind OF an old oak.
plants. Az compared with our Indian eie-
and narrow. but the trunk. and mouth were
much larger. The teeth were very powerful.
Our elephant Is an awkward animal. but COM
pared with this mammoth 1t is as an Arabian
steed to u conrse. ugly dray horse. i could not
rid myself, OF a feeling OF fear rs / approached
the head"
They set to work to cutting the animal I'D.
Ten men could not lift the hide when it was
detached. While they were at work the river
undermined the ground and they barely es-
cared with their lives. while the carcass OF the
mammoth rolled away. aud was swept on to-
ward the sea and lost to them. Thoy had
saved the stomach. however. and from an sx
animation OF that meal. which the mammoth
had taken tens OF thousnncS 81 years before,
they enabled scientists to toll what food the
mammoth lived upon.
1t Is upon such an expedition as this that the
Baron Toll Is gone. When he returns over the
| SHOWS OF next winter no will at least have q
good story TO toll. and he may bring trophies
that will interest all civilized human beings.