58 Transactions of the Kaj^sas 



The following measuiemeuts are appended: 



Dermal scale— M. 



Length _ .0033 



Breadth .__ .0025 



Leijgih of "carina" .._ 0037 



Dorsal \ertel)ra— 



Length of centrum 075 



•' " neural spine 095 



Breadth of neural spine, at base.. . .074 



' tip.... 039 



Verticil diameter of cup 058 



Transverse diameter of cup 071 



Loneest rib— 



Tiptoiip __ .381 



Alons; curvature 418 



Bi-eadth at base ... .025 



'• tip - 009 



•' " center 012 



Femur- 

 Length 132 



Breadthat proximal end 082 



" distal end 073 



■' " center .050 



Fnmt paddle— total length 736 



Coracoid— 



Length 118 



Breadth at proximal end 131 



Curvature at i roximal end. _.. _ 195 



Breadthat distal end 056 



Distance of perforation from outer edge- - _ _ 026 



" inner edge 042 



Humerus— 



Length _ -_ - 1:^2 



Breadth, at proximal end - 074 



'• distal end 080 



Ulna- 

 Length 093 



Breadth, proximal 041 



distal... .063 



Radius- 

 Length , - 094 



Breadth, proximal 047 



distal - 041 



In the plates which accompany this article, the dermal scales are represented of 

 natural size, and the slab containing the bones is reduced to one-niuth its natural 

 dimensions. 



THE lOLA (KANSAS) MINERAL WELL. 



By Prof. William K. Kedzie. 



At the request of the proprietors, I visited this interesting phenomenon during 

 the month of June, 1870, for the purpose of collecting a supj^ly of water for a 

 thorough analysis. The so-called " well " is, as is well known, simply an old bor- 

 ing by coal prospectors. Its total depth is 736 feet. When at the depth of 626 feet 

 the diamond drill with which the boring was made, suddenly dropped some twenty 

 inches through an apparently vacant seam. A violent upward rush of water and 

 gas immediately began through the tube, and with more or less irregularity has 

 since continued without cessation. The boring is tubed to the depth of 149 feet 

 only. The water is expelled by the elastic force of the gas in very irregular pulsa- 

 tions, at varying intervals escaping alternately first with great impetus and then 

 with a succession of fainter impulses. The sections of the core obtained during 

 the boring present, when arranged in order, a most interesting view of the geolog- 

 ical section of this region ; especially instructive as it occurs over the Lower Coal 



