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from the open prairie above, down to a branch 

 of One Tree Creek, not far from our camp, there 

 Levi found 20 tail vertebrae, the pelvic arch, and 

 hind limbs and many ribs. So as we progressed 

 in uncovering these we felt confident that the 

 entire skeleton was buried there. We were mis- 

 taken; no head, neck or front limbs were pres- 

 ent. From the fact that some of the long pelvic 

 bones had been snapped off, we concluded the 

 missing parts had gone in death to gorge a living 

 specimen of Gorgosaurus, the Tyrant of the 

 Everglades. Then Charlie removed tons of rock 

 from where he thought the tail of his Gorgosaur 

 lay, only to find it had taken another direction, 

 and the same amount of energy was necessary 

 there as he had wasted on a false scent. 



In my notes of the llth of July, I speak of 

 the windy day: "So strong was the current as 

 I clung to the steep and barren slopes; I would 

 often have lost my footing but for my faithful 

 pick, whose point I drove into the soft rock when 

 I felt as if I was about to be blown into a deep 

 canyon. I would cling to my pick until there 

 was a lull, or I had secured a better footing. My 

 pick, under the providence of God, often saved 

 my life. Once in the brakes of the Permian beds 

 of Texas, on a Saturday evening a great storm 

 threatened. I though we could reach Mr. Gal- 

 yean's house before it burst. His son was with 

 me, a boy of about 15 eyars of age. We had 

 gone only a short distance, however, when the 



