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SCIENCE 



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been figured in the ' University Studies,' 

 January, 1897, plate 1, Figs. 5, 6, 7. 



Pursuant to invitations from Mr. Cook, the 

 Morrill geological expedition of 1905 spent 

 that summer developing the bone quarry on 

 University Hill. During the summers of 

 1905 and 1906 the members of the exploring 

 party enjoyed all the privileges and hospitali- 

 ties of this famous ranch. The members of 

 the party for 1906 were: Harold J. Cook, Eck 

 F. Schramm, Edwin Davis and Paul Butler, 

 students in the University of Nebraska. As 

 in former expeditions the writer was in 

 charge. 



By the judicious use of dynamite large 

 amounts of overlying rock were removed and 

 a broad surface of the bone-bearing layer ex- 

 posed. A large number of bones, jaws and 

 skulls were secured, all being for the most 

 part in a fine state of preservation. 



The prize specimens of the season were two 

 large slabs cut from the bone-bearing layer 

 and shipped bodily. They are literally packed 

 with bones and jaws, which will be worked out 

 but not removed from their original position. 

 When done they will be placed on exhibition 

 intact, to illustrate fossil bone beds. The 

 bones of Moropus and Diceratherium are so 

 abundant in this quarry that they far out- 

 number all else. Of the rare Moropus the 

 Morrill collections now have enough material 

 for a complete restoration. There was found 

 to be considerable variation in the size of 

 Moropus bones, some being of elephantine 

 size. Of Diceratherium a great number of 

 bones and jaws, but no good skulls were 

 secured. 



In August the writer, accompanied by Mr. 

 Harold Cook, spent ten days exploring and 

 collecting relics in and around the ' Spanish 

 Diggings ' west of the Rawhide range in 

 Wyoming, where among other things over a 

 thousand stone implements were procured. A 

 few weeks later the writer again visited this 

 spot in company with Dr. M. H. Everett and 

 Edwin Davis at the invitation of Mr. Thomas 

 Black of Willow, Wyo., who not only enter- 

 tained the expedition in a most hospitable 

 manner but provided teams and conveyance. 

 A wide area was explored and many specimens 



and implements added to the previous lot. 

 Later a third trip was made to this region by 

 Dr. Everett, who secured additional speci- 

 mens and data of value. A mild fall, free 

 from the hindrances of rain and snow, has 

 made the continuance of field work possible 

 to the present date. Several days were spent 

 by the writer, accompanied by Dr. George E. 

 Condra, Edwin Davis and Paul Butler, ex- 

 cavating the mound recently discovered by 

 Mr. Eobert F. Gilder of Omaha, many human 

 remains of a primitive order being secured. 

 Among miscellaneous acquisitions of the year 

 may be mentioned the skeletons of four 

 modem elephants, camels, bear, etc., secured 

 early in the season by Mr. Henry Eakin. 



The Morrill collections will be moved into 

 their new fire-proof quarters the latter part of 

 December, and more than one hundred tons of 

 material now boxed and stored in the base- 

 ments of various buildings and the steam 

 tunnels on the campus will be placed on ex- 

 hibition. The benefactions of Hon. Charles 

 H. Morrill make these expeditions possible, 

 and it is planned to greatly increase their 

 extent and scope each year. 



Erwin H. Baebour 



The Univeesitt op Nebraska, 

 December 6, 1906 



THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY 



Addresses have been arranged as follows: 



January 18. — ' Camping Expeditions in the 

 Canadian Koekiea,' by Mr. Howard Du Bois. 



January 25 — ' Bolivia — a Country without a 

 Debt,' by the Bolivian Minister, SeSor P. 

 Calderon. Illustrated. 



February 1 — ' The Rising Pacific Empire,' by 

 Hon. George C. Perkins, U. S. Senator from Cali- 

 fornia. 



February 8 — ' The Guianas,' by Prof. Angelo 

 Heilprin, of Yale University. Illustrated. 



February 15 — 'Ten Years of Polar Work; or, 

 What We Know and What We Want to Ejiow,' 

 by Mr. Herbert L. Bridgman, Secretary of the 

 Peary Arctic Club. Illustrated. 



February 19 — ' Two Thousand Miles in the 

 Saddle through Colombia and Ecuador,' by Hon. 

 Jolm Barrett, U. S. Minister to Colombia. Illus- 

 trated. 



March 1 — ' Santo Domingo and Haiti,' by Rear 

 Admiral Chester, U. S. Navy. Illustrated. 



