THROUGH THE PLEISTOCENE *1 



ditions. Few laymen have any idea of the expense and 

 pains which must be undergone in order to provide groups 

 of mounted big animals from far-off lands, such as we see 



A large American flag was floating over my own tent 

 From a photograph l>y Kermit Roosevelt 



in museums like the National Museum in Washington 

 and the American Museum of Natural History in New 

 York. The modern naturalist must realize that in some of 

 its branches his profession, while more than ever a science, 

 has also become an art. So our preparations were neces- 



