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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 244

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ofthe ancient creek, have been found the completeskeletons and bones of over one hundred masto-dons and twenty mammoths, and the remains ofseveral other gigantic monsters of former days. One of the most remarkable of the Americanelephants, specimens of which have also beenfound in Europe, was the… … 226 SOME W(.)XDERIL:L ELEPHAXTS. [January, giving the animal a very singular appearance.We know that the elephants of to-day use theirtusks to lift and crush their enemies, but in theDinotheriu?n, the tusks actual!)- point at the owner.What, then, « as their use ? In answer to this, we find that…

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