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Elephant No. 2.
I call this an Elephant - because I do
not know what else to call it. It is un-
doubtedly nearly related to the elephant as it had a
large tusk about 5 inches through, and
as I remember it about 8½ ft. long,
blunt at the end as though it had
been worn off. Among the specimens
are fragments from end of tusk, also
the largest ones I could get from other
parts. It broke into hundreds of pieces and
seemed to be composed of concentric layers.
The teeth were also broken into small
pieces except some larger fragments and
one small tooth. The skull also broke
into many pieces and the vertebrae would
fall in pieces as soon as the sandy
matrix was removed.
Just above the sand from which I
dug this elephant - was clay. Below was
clay also.