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were within the space of a square yard. We got 

 some very fine bones, and best of all, a perfect front 

 foot in position, a perfect humerus, a perfect femur, 

 except proximal articulation, the premaxilla of a cat 

 with a huge canine (saber-toothed tiger). We got 

 great quantities of the bones of the feet, an axis, and 

 one other vertebra in good state of preservation, a fine 

 scapula, etc. This afternoon has been the hottest 

 day of the season, but this evening the wind changed 

 to the north, and it is quite cool. I got in addition to 

 the specimens mentioned a maxilla of a saber- 

 toothed tiger. The enormous young canine was 

 two inches long and three-quarters of an inch 

 wide." 



I might go on and quote indefinitely, but the story 

 would be about the same. I recall, however, one or 

 two incidents connected with my work in this 

 field, which may be amusing or interesting to my 

 readers. 



Once in 1882, while collecting for the Museum of 

 Comparative Zoology of Harvard University, I met 

 an old gentleman and his dear old wife, the hair of 

 both showing upon it the snows of many winters, 

 sitting on a board laid across a dry-goods box to 

 which two wagon wheels had been attached. A 

 team of ponies harnessed with rope instead of 

 leather, with lines of the same material, completed 

 the outfit. The old man and his wife sat up very 



