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that a much smaller sum than that said to 

 have been paid by IVIr. Conradi for the mam- 

 moth which is not in the Smithsonian Insti- 

 tution, would place one there.* It probably 

 could not be done in one year ; it might not 

 be possible in five years ; but should any man 

 of means wish to secure enduring fame by 

 showing the world the mammoth as it stood in 

 life, a hundred centuries ago, before the dawn 

 of even tradition, he could probably accomphsh 

 the result by the expenditure of a far less sum 

 than it would cost to participate in an interna- 

 tional yacht race. 



* Since these lines were written another Jine example of the 

 Mammoth ha^ been discovered in Siberia and even ?iow (Oct., 

 1901) an expedition is on its way to secure the skin and skele- 

 ton for the Academy of Natural Sciences at St. Petersburg. 



