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Rh implanted two tusks, which project from the jaw and curve upwards, frequently attaining a great length and magnitude. The size of the sockets in which these tusks are imbedded, renders the upper jaws so high and so shortens the bones of the nose, that in the skeleton the nostrils are situated nearly at the top of the face; but during

SECTION OF THE ELEPHANT'S SKULL.

life they are prolonged into a tubular proboscis, which we shall presently describe. The skull is large and greatly elevated, but the size of the