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at Skibo. While there his eye chanced to rest upon 

 the sketch and his curiosity was excited. 'What is 

 this, Mr. Carnegie?" he said. "Ah!" replied Mr. 

 Carnegie, "a namesake of mine, one of the biggest 

 quadrupeds which ever walked the earth." The King, 

 who, as the Prince of Wales, had long served as a 

 member of the Board of Trustees of the British Museum 

 at once replied: 'We must have one of these in the 

 British Museum. Do not fail to secure us a specimen." 

 Shortly afterward Mr. Carnegie wrote a letter to the 

 narrator, and, after telling about the visit of the King, 

 concluded by expressing the hope that the wish of His 

 Majesty might be gratified, also suggesting that another 

 specimen should at once be sought, and, if found, 

 turned over to the British Museum. The writer knew 

 that, aided by the best of prospectors, he might search 

 for months and for years without obtaining another 

 specimen so perfect as the one which had been dis- 

 covered, and which was about to be set up in the Museum 

 in Pittsburgh. Accordingly he wrote to Mr. Carnegie 

 explaining the extreme improbability of promptly 

 complying with His Majesty's wishes, and suggesting 

 that a replica, an exact facsimile of the existing speci- 

 men, might be made; and that for purposes of study 

 and exhibition such a replica might serve almost as 

 well as the original. The fact that the making of such 

 a replica would involve a great deal of care and inge- 

 nuity, and considerable expenditure of time and money, 

 was made clear. After a month had passed a reply 

 was received expressing doubt as to whether the 

 Trustees of the British Museum would care to accept 

 a replica, but at the same time expressing entire 

 willingness, should this be the case, to defray whatever 

 cost might be incurred. The writer at once addressed 



