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scarcely melted at all. At length, towards the 
end of the fifth year, (1803,) the ardent wishes 
of Schumachof were happily accomplished ; for 
the part of the ice between the earth and the 
Mammoth having melted more rapidly than the 
rest, the plane of its support became inclined, and 
this enormous mass fell by its own weight on a 
bank of sand. Of this, two Tungusians, who 
accompanied me, were witnesses. 
“In the month of March, 1804, Schumachof 
came to his Mammoth, and having cut off his 
horns, (the tusks,) he exchanged them with the 
merchant Bultanoff for goods of the value of fifty 
rubles. At this time, a drawing was made of the 
animal, but very incorrect,* for it gave him 
pointed ears, very small eyes, horse’s hoofs, and 
bristles all along the back, so that it represented 
something between a Pig and an Elephant. 
“ Two years afterwards, or the seventh after 
the discovery of the Mammoth, I fortunately 
traversed these distant and desert regions, and I 
congratulate myself in being able to prove a fact 
which appears so improbable. I found the Mam- 
moth still in the same place, but altogether muti- 
lated. The prejudices being dissipated, because 
the Tungusian chief had recovered his health, 
there was no obstacle to prevent approach to the 
carcass of the Mammoth ; the proprietor was 
* This is the drawing before mentioned, page 137, note. 
