20 The Teeming East 



One of the most famous and world renowned 

 here, is Hatcher's Diplodocus carnegii. It is sev- 

 enty-two feet long and stands twelve feet high at 

 the hips. Casts of this noble specimen have been 

 sent to many of the State Museums of Europe. 

 Mr. Hatcher told me that he received a cable from 

 Mr. Carnegie once in England asking him what i t 

 would cost to make a plaster restoration of this 

 specimen. He wired back "ten thousand dollars" 

 and immediately received orders to go ahead and 

 make the restoration. This was presented to the 

 British Museum. But Mr. Carnegie's liberality 

 has known no bounds, and many of the great 

 museums of Europe, have received reproductions. 

 At this writing, however, I am glad to say that 

 the famous collector and student, Mr. Douglas, 

 has discovered a still larger specimen, as I re- 

 member, eighty-two feet in length and sixteen 

 feet high at the hips. The last time I was in The 

 Carnegie Museum it was rapidly being completed 

 for exhibition. Hatcher's specimen was found in 

 Albany County, Wyoming. One of the remark- 

 able things about it is the long neck and tail that 

 lengthens out in a whip-like lash. The head itself 

 is very small with teeth above and below for nip- 

 ping off the tender tree moss, or other succulent 

 herbage, on which it evidently fed. But it seems 

 incredible, that such a small head could feed so 

 huge a creature. I have always been opposed to 

 the restoration that has been made of a number in 

 a swamp. When we all know that a lizard of 



