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which was the Labidosaurus hamatus Cope, one of 

 the earliest of reptiles. Another was that of a new 

 genus and species which I found later, when we 

 went back to Grey Creek to get a camp ready to re- 

 ceive Dr. Broili. He was to come directly from 

 Munich to my camp in the red beds. 



On the first of August, as we were out of pro- 

 visions, we went into town. I rented a large room 

 over a store building, and made tables and unpacked 

 specimens for Dr. Broili's inspection. While I was 

 working there, a storm of grasshoppers struck the 

 building, beating against it like hailstones; and the 

 next morning the ground was covered with them. 



On the fifth, we drove out to our old camp on 

 Grey Creek, and pitched two tents with the fly 

 stretched between. The walls were elevated, and 

 we were able to make a shade against the rays of the 

 relentless sun. I went a couple of miles north, over 

 the table mountain above camp, and found two ex- 

 tremely beautiful skulls of the long-horned am- 

 phibian,* Diplocaulus magnicornis Cope, a strange 

 animal of which I have already spoken. I found 

 also a specimen of the gar-pike, that ancient fish 

 which has left its enameled scales in the rocks of 

 many formations, whose descendants are still living 

 in our rivers. 



On the eighth of August, in spite of the debilitat- 

 * See Fig. 34. 



