FEOZEN MAMMOTH IN SIBERIA. 625 



The width of the anal opening is 28 centimeters, and the length of 

 the somewhat drawn-out skin extending between the base of the penis 

 and that of the tail is 1.32 meters. 



The base of the tail, together with the anus, were located 41 centi- 

 meters lower than the under side of the left hind tibia. 



The reason that Boltunoff, in his drawing, figured excrescences on 

 the fetlocks, which indicate the presence of rudimentary metacarpal 

 or metatarsal bones, is explained by the fact that the mammoth he 

 saw in all probability had just such a mass of hair at the bend of the 

 leg as this mammoth found on the Beresovka. 



October 11. — To-day we performed the last operations on the mam- 

 moth, after which all the parts were brought into the winter house 

 and securely packed away for transportation. 



