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plete limbs in position. It was discovered in Mr. 

 Jackson's pasture. Now Mr. Jackson is an old 

 cowman. He was range boss for the brother of 

 Admiral Beresford of England, who built a 

 ranch here. On Bereford's death, Mr. Jackson 

 took possession of the ranch and the ferry is 

 named "Happy Jack" after him. In fact he is 

 quite a noted character and one of the few old 

 cattle men living here. 



At this camp too, Mr. Patrick Disney, from 

 Oxford University, England, joined my party as 

 a guest. He came to these wilds to learn some- 

 thing about fossil hunting. He was indeed help- 

 ful, and welcome, but the war breaking out he 

 started for the front, he wanted to be, and was 

 among the first to join his colors from Canada. 

 We learned later he became a gallant officer in 

 the aerial fleet. 



We continued to suffer all summer from the 

 intense heat. The rnosquitos, however, were not 

 as bad as usual. All the grass on the prairies 

 dried up. The crops were a perfect failure. But 

 for the liberality of the government in supplying 

 the homesteader with food, through the winter 

 and spring and seed to plant, they would have 

 been obliged to leave the country. This timely 

 aid, however, enabled them, owing to the great 

 rainfall in 1915, to reap the greatest harvest in 

 the history of these people, so far east of the 

 mountains on the semi-arid plains. 



On August fifth, we succeeded in getting our 



