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have gone out, and numerous eminent paleontologists 

 have personally visited the region. Meanwhile those 

 upon the ground have continued to explore it. The 

 result has been a great access of information which 

 tends to prove that Ameghino was not always quite 

 correct in his interpretations, though he deserves the 



Fig. 19. Macrauchenia patachonica Owen. ^ nat. size. 



very highest praise for his diligence and for many noble 

 discoveries. I had the great pleasure while in La Plata 

 of visiting Sefior Carlos Ameghino, who survives his 

 brother, and of seeing the collections which have been 

 accumulated and which contain many of the types of 

 the species described by Florentino Ameghino. While 

 of the highest scientific interest, this assemblage of 

 material does not contain nearly as many finely pre- 

 served specimens of the fossils of the pampas as are 

 found in the National Museum at La Plata, or in the 

 Museum in Buenos Aires, where are the collections 



