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artificial covering of hair of proper length, and dyed the 

 appropriate color. And thus was reproduced, as nearly 

 as science and art could accomplish it, the verisimilitude 

 of the living mammoth which once thundered through 

 the forests and jungles of the Old World and the New. 



This extraordinary product of human skill arrested 

 the attention of Professor Ward. He was on his way to 

 Egypt, Abyssinia, and the Red Sea, in search of the treas- 

 ures of the animal and mineral kingdoms to stock his 

 collection and supply the demands of American colleges 

 and universities. He endeavored to purchase the speci- 

 men, and the reader may like to know that it was held 

 at the exorbitant price of 60,000 marks, or $15,000. On 

 his return, however, he telegraphed from Paris the offer 

 of a sum which was accepted. Repairing to Stuttgart, he 

 subjected the beast to a process of dissection, and after 

 much labor reduced it to a condition suited for trans- 

 portation to America.* 



The present specimen was built by Professor Ward and 

 his imported preparators after the model of the original, 

 but with several minor improvements. It consists of 

 thirty-two separate pieces, and is specially adapted to dis- 

 mounting for transportation. The hair is rendered in- 

 combustible by steeping in a solution of tungstate of 

 soda. 



A reproduction so unique of a prehistoric monster 

 whose relics, scattered over the breadth of our continent, 



*It will contribute some numerical values to our apprehension of the bulk 

 of this monster to read the following statements: Ten workmen were occupied 

 six days in taking the creature to pieces and packing it in fourteen enormous 

 boxes for shipment. The total weight was 14,694 pounds, and so bulky was it 

 that it loaded four German freight ears. The freight charges from Stuttgart to 

 New York were $682, and from New York to Rochester by canal $86. 



