194 ANIMALS OF THE PAST 
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.* 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 4 
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 fine 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. 
