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From this we may infer that, during the years that have elapsed since the Russian conquest of Siberia, useful tusks from more than twenty thousand mammoths have been collected." FROM THIS WE MAY INFER THAT DURING THE YEARS THAT HAVE ELAPSED SINCE THE RUSSIAN CONQUEST OF SIBERIA USEFUL TUSKS FROM MORE THAN TWENTY THOUSAND MAMMOTHS HAVE BEEN COLLECTED
-floes, and have accumulated like driftwood on the Siberian coast. This has been going on for ages, and hence these mysterious bone-yards. On this subject William F. Warren, in his book already cited, pages 297 and 298, says: "The Arctic rocks tell of a lost Atlantis more wonderful than Plato's. The fossil ivory beds of Siberia excel everything of the kind in the world. From the days of Pliny, at least, they have constantly been undergoing exploitation, and still they are the chief headquarters of supply. The remains of mammoths are so abundant that, as Gratacap says, 'the northern islands of Siberia seem built up of crowded bones.' Another scientific writer, speaking of the islands of New Siberia, northward of the mouth of the River Lena, uses this language: 'Large quantities of ivory are dug out of the ground every year. Indeed, some of the islands are believed to be nothing but an accumulation of drift-timber and the bodies of mammoths and other antediluvian animals frozen together.  HAVE ACCUMULATED LIKE DRIFT WOOD ON THE SIBERIAN COAST THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR AGES AND HENCE THESE MYSTERIOUS BONYARDS ON THIS SUBJECT WILLIAM F MOREN IN HIS BOOK ALREADY CITED PAGES TO NINETY SEVEN EIGHTEEN NINETY EIGHT SAYS QUOTE THE ARCTIC ROCK TELLS OF A LOST ATLANTIS MORE WONDERFUL THAN PLATO'S THE FOSSIL IVORY BEDS OF SIBERIA EXCEL EVERYTHING FROM THE KIND IN THE WORLD FROM THE DAYS OF PLINY AT LEAST THEY HAVE CONSTANTLY BEEN UNDERGOING EXPLOITATION AND STILL THEY ARE THE CHIEF HEADQUARTERS OF SUPPLY THE REMAINS OF MAMMOTHS ARE SO ABUNDANT THAT AS GRATA CAPP SAYS THE NORTHERN ISLANDS OF SIBERIA SEEM BUILT UP OF CROWDED BONES ANOTHER SCIENTIFIC WRITER SPEAKING OF THE ISLANDS OF NEW SIBERIA NORTHWARD OF THE MOUTH OF THE RIVER LINA USES THIS LANGUAGE QUOTE LARGE QUANTITIES OF IVORY ARE DUG OUT OF THE GROUND EVERY YEAR INDEED SOME OF THE ISLANDS ARE BELIEVED TO BE NOTHING BUT AN ACCUMULATION OF DIRT TIMBER AND THE BODIES OF MAMMOTHS AND OTHER ANTEDILUVIAN ANIMALS FROZEN TOGETHER
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