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that a much smaller sum than that said to 

 have been paid by Mr. Conradi for the mam- 

 moth which is not in the Smithsonian Insti- 

 tution, would place one there. 1 * 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 accomplish 

 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 Jlne example of the 

 Mammoth has been discovered in Siberia and even now (Oct., 

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

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



