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palm-tree. The Diplodocus probably lived on the soft, succulent vege- 

 tation of the shores and marshes which it haunted. The teeth tell the 

 story. These huge beasts were simply intended to convert vegetable 

 fiber into flesh, upon which the carnivorous dinosaurs of the time fed. 

 On the top of the right tibia you will find the marks of teeth, showing 

 where the bone was crunched and gnawed by a carnivorous dinosaur, 

 and at that very spot we found the fossil tooth of one of these creatures, 

 which had been broken off while it was engaged in feeding upon the 

 carcass of the dead Diplodocus. 



"The animal, the skeleton of which you see, represents only one 

 of a number of genera and species of strange reptiles which peopled 

 the earth in Mesozoic times. In the Hall of Dinosaurs in the Museum 

 of the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh, it is our wish to assemble and 

 display a series of skeletons representing the more striking forms of 

 dinosaurian life. The present specimen may be regarded as a sort of 

 first fruits of our undertaking. Such an enterprise involves the ex- 

 penditure of no little labor and of much money. Fortunately, the 

 kindness of our Maecenas, the distinguished founder and benefactor of 

 the Institute, has never failed to provide the sinews for our scientific 

 war. 



"There are some things which I hesitate to say in Mr. Carnegie's 

 presence, but I cannot on this occasion refrain, as a representative of 

 my scientific brethren in many lands, from expressing our enthusiastic 

 admiration for the more than royal beneficence which he has in recent 

 years displayed towards science and its votaries. His noble founda- 

 tion at Washington and the even more magnificent foundation which 

 he has created in Pittsburgh, the city in which he achieved his for- 

 tune, are destined to be enduring monuments to his liberal culture 

 and his desire to promote truth. (Applause.) 



"Now in conclusion, my lords, ladies, and gentlemen, I should be 

 false to the promptings of my heart did I not allude tenderly and in 

 terms of highest appreciation to the labors of Professor J. B. Hatcher, 

 my learned colleague, who for fully eighteen months devoted himself 

 to superintending the restoration of the object before us, but who 

 unfortunately was stricken down in the midst of his activities by the 

 hand of death, a premature victim to the hardships and exposures of 

 those expeditions, which Mr. Carnegie, who always sees things from 

 an interesting angle, has designated as 'annual holidays.' Mr. 

 Hatcher was one of the most successful students of palaeontology 



