| Show AN INTE interesting G FIND THE government fish commissioner dispatched the steamer albatross Albat to alaska the object being to obtain data regarding pelagic sealing and such other information as would be of general interest special treasury agents williams williami nettleton and burnes barnes accompanied compa nied the expedition A dispatch to the san francisco chronicle an that on OD copper island the skeleton of a or mammoth sea cow was obtained from the natives being the this animal has been extinct about years the skeleton obtained is nearly thirty fet long and all parts of it are preserved and in splendid condition it is the second specimen known to be in ex istance the other being in possession of the czar of of russia the one obtained by the expedition has baa been sent to the smithsonian Smithson iao at washington where it will be properly mounted and taken care of the last living specimen of the glas was seen in 1730 by the behring bearing expedition and two trips equipped and sent out by the government for the purpose of discovering and capturing others have resulted in getting nothing but a few broken and detached bones the skeleton is an object of interest and study |
