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We kept at it the whole day, until late in the evening, while 

 snow and sleet vied with each other in making the work pleasant 

 for us, but by that time we had a splendid collection, and did not 

 think we could take more with us. Schei was busy packing them 

 till far into the night. Everything we possessed, over-socks, 

 clothes, wool, stockings and the like, was pressed into the cause tis 

 packing material. The fossils, I am sure, had not had such a soft 

 warm bed to lie on for as long as they could remember. 



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