. Universal dictionary of the english language : a new and original work presenting for convenient reference the orthography, pronunciation, meaning, use, origin and development of every word in the english language .... altli ixir liidlitn elo|ihitiitj^ the hcvid wa*roiiuii. the l>ralii-niM> I«w aud luUTua. but the Iruukand iixiuth »vro larver, 06)1. b^; p^t, J^^l; cat. 90U. chorua. 9hlii. bon^h ; ro. ftom ; thin, (his; sin. as: oxpoot, Xonophon, cs^st. i>)i ^ C-clan, -tlan := staan- -tlon. -slon = sbun; -flon, -flon ^ zhiin, -oloas. -tlous. -sloos — Bbus. bio, -dlo* &t\ — bf 1, dph
. Universal dictionary of the english language : a new and original work presenting for convenient reference the orthography, pronunciation, meaning, use, origin and development of every word in the english language .... altli ixir liidlitn elo|ihitiitj^ the hcvid wa*roiiuii. the l>ralii-niM> I«w aud luUTua. but the Iruukand iixiuth »vro larver, 06)1. b^; p^t, J^^l; cat. 90U. chorua. 9hlii. bon^h ; ro. ftom ; thin, (his; sin. as: oxpoot, Xonophon, cs^st. i>)i ^ C-clan, -tlan := staan- -tlon. -slon = sbun; -flon, -flon ^ zhiin, -oloas. -tlous. -sloos — Bbus. bio, -dlo* &t\ — bf 1, dph iZ 3022 mammothrept—man Prof. W. Bnyd Ditwkins {Quar. Journ. GecLSoc., XXXV. 13&, sqq.), treating of tlie range ofthe raamraoth iu time and space, comes to theconclusinn that it existed in Britaiu before,during, and after the Glacial period. Its re-mains are found in Fiance in enormousabundance ; there it was contemporary withthe Cave-men of the Pleistuceue, as is provedby a si>iriled engraving of it on a jpiece ofmammoth ivory found iu the Cave of La Made-leine, Dord«)gne (Figured in Lubbocks Orig. ofCiinl., p. 41) ; it lias been found in nenrly everyOoonty in England; and, broadly MAMMOTH. its ranfje extended over the whole land ofthe northern hemisphere. It is a noteworthyfact that the teeth of the mauimoth found iuthe northern regions have narrow plates, whilethe plates of those discovered further southare broad. This Prof. Darwin attributes todifference of food. He is also of opinion*that the mammoth may be taken as theancestor of the Indian elephant. To showhow plentiful these animals once were inAsiatic ;;ia, Mr. H. H. Howorth (Geol. Mag.(1880), p. 500) says, that from 1825 to 1S31there were never less than 1,500 poods of fossilivory sold at Yakutsk, and one year the salereachftii poods; and similar ivory wasoffered for sale in Khiva as early as the tenthcentury. B. As adj.: Resembling the mammoth inpoint of size; gigrtic, immense: as,
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