Ji Journey to the Frozen Sea . &1§ 
No. 
Some Account of a Journey to the Frozen Sea * and of 
the Discovery of the Remains of a Mammoth . By M, 
Michael Adams. Translated from the French * 
I SHOULD have reason to reproach myself were I to 
delay any longer the publication of a discovery in Zoolo- 
gy * which is so much the more interesting to be detailed* 
as it once more presents to our view a species of animal* 
the existence of which has been a subject of dispute 
among the most celebrated naturalists. 
I was informed at Jakoutsk by M. Popoff* who is at 
the head of the company of merchants of that town* that 
they had discovered upon the shores of the Frozen Sea* 
near the mouth of the river Lena* an animal of an extra- 
ordinary size : the flesh* skin* and hair* were in good pre 
serration* and it was supposed that the fossile production* 
known by the name of mammoth horns* must have be- 
longed to some animal of this kind. 
Mr. Popoff had* at the same time* the goodness to 
communicate the drawing and description of this animal; 
I thought proper to send both to the President of the Pe~ 
tersburgh Academy. The intelligence of this interest- 
ing discovery determined me to hasten my intended jour- 
ney to the banks of the Lena as far as the Frozen Sea* 
and I was anxious to save these precious remains* which 
might perhaps otherwise be lost. My stay at Jakoutsk* 
therefore* only lasted a few days. I set out on the 7th 
of June 1806* provided with some indispensable letters of 
recommendation* some of which were addressed to the 
servants of the government* and others to merchants; 
from whom I hoped to derive some advantages. On the 
* Tilloch vol. 29,p. 141. 
