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 specimens which have been and are in the possession of the Zoological Society, and other proprietors. It was apparently used in the past. Certain Carthaginian coins are stamped with a figure of the African Elephant; but in Africa no attempts are now made to utilise this creature except for food and ivory.



The meaning of an Elephant as an emblem, upon a coin appears to be eternity, and there is no question but that the