si "
' i
S-> - .«"iJiON, OF THE MOST PERFECT SPr,;....'. , : u i,-.,-.
BEECHEY FROM ESCHSCr. • ■ ' . ■ ■ i .,,
ENGRAVED IN PL. 1, 8, 3 , (po.s.-.!.,- , ,, .■■■.6,) .
BRITISH MUSEUM.
Pi.AYrt ■
F ig. 1. L owe r jaw o f e x tin c t elephiuit, coH.t lil '
2 . r*rofile of No. 1, on th e ic: -
3. Xloiar tooth of elephant.
If'.v e compare this jaw and i: ch -
C uvie r, we shall find them to exito' fi ..i.-,
g ro a t nnruralijit, as dP ii'ii;-;' :■ ( h r :' . ,,;i
Fi.r'j. Thv 'M'tii
Secondly. T h e position ot th e ' . fh r. ih- / . - it
n e a rly parallel than in the re c en t sjh-u -
T h ird ly . T h e channel within th e ci'- : he ju n ctio n ■ . .
b roader in proportion to its le n g tii; the c.vtenor p t o i / .
a t th e apex o f th e jaw , is n o t so p rom in e ir ___
in th e fossil species. Compare this jaw i
in C u v ie r’s Ossemcus Fossiles, vol. I. pi. I I . fig. 1, 4 ,5 . .
fig. 1. PI. IX . fig. 8, 10. P I. X I . fig. 2.
4 . A n ivory scoop, purchased by Cap tain Beechey from th e 1. i. • ■
portion o f a v e ry la rg e fossil tu.sk; it shows at, th e e . ?
p a r t a t A and B a p o in t th a t indicates th e axis o f tiie ■ -
solid, and in n ea rly th e same iiig h s ta te of preservat'-
i si-lischoltz Bay.
P l a t e I I .— (Fossils.)
;i ' 'i • tuv / if an elephant, mea.surii:g ?. n fe e t in the curve and si- '
' ’ ;• .ft, and we ighing rtie hundred . X iix ty poundsj
2. A: <>f an ..¡ephant n in e K,'./. X- inches ih i;iie i;:ii ....
a-- . ■ ” 'Sks ;f.it n ea rly r to... thsks o f Om.-
have nv-: -'¡’ig b o . a v'.". . . : .-.Hi, *omc cutting •i.i.-i,.-
bably been - ' o F.sqaimaux i.soertaitt £jit5iraolidit.y,v :
th e ir uten-sils: :• - ? ¡a v ’e o f fossil.ivory—.see Ph '--
shows that Uic.se | '- Sril tusks to such t- .
are thus choppedojipv.;.. oeen le ft on th e slior- . .or
o f th a sh a ttiire d condiciosi u, totoeir interior.
3 , 4 . - Longitfidinal view of tJie tusk.s represented tateu d iv h ; ?
po.ssess tlie same double curvature ;is tusks of th.r
Museum a t P e te rsb u rg h from the icy cdiff a t tiie nMu.ri, ..¡; •.
- one =v.-'
■tshrtwn.,-
e ioM i 'ia k u i:.
r i i c v both
the
/ Invi.r J,n ; f EltpbaM.fimi' » , Mud- Cliffs m. tli. C Sids o f EschU Biaf. Z B - f lo o f t ’: 13 MoUr T n tl f
E h p l t a n d r o m t i e - s t m s ■ f l m t 4 - J o o r y s c o o p msooU i y t h i 'E s o p u m o o iu c n o o iT J J o o h o U l J i o i y f o m O o j i f d T w s k