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mastodon, horse, camel, turtle, etc. I discovered one shell that was over three 
feet long, unfortunately it fell to pieces. I got quite a number of bones and 
teeth of these animals. 
There are large beds of massive gypsum in the Triassic. as well as narrow 
seams crossing the beds at various angles : some is of the fibrous variety and 
white as snow. Nearly all the clay beds are filled with concretions of all the 
shapes imaginable. They cover all the beds. 
For many weeks I searched these beds for fossil remains without success: 
they were remarkably barren. Week after week passed and I was well nigh dis- 
couraged when I was so fortunate as to find a large reptile, and thereafter I was 
very successful. I also found seven Ganoid Fishes ; their peculiar enameled scales 
are quite abundant. Some of the reptiles appear to belong to the Labyrinthodonts. 
One fine specimen resembled a crocodile, the bones were all beautifully sculp- 
tured : it was provided with a row of round teeth. I think it was about twenty 
feet long and four crocodile-like limbs. 
Another species, a land reptile, was of large proportions. The hind limbs 
were long and powerful, and it had a large tail. The front limbs were provided 
with claws ; so it doubtless walked on its hind feet. 
Some of the bones were changed to iron ore and were very heavy. One 
swimming species had two rows of teeth in each jaw, long and short ones. The 
bones were all sculptured. I discovered a great many loose teeth, three of them 
projecting from one root. One large animal I discovered had bi-concave verte- 
brae and long well preserved limbs, with hoofs on hind feet and claws on front 
ones. I got a lot of sculptured dermal plates. I passed the winter on these 
beds, and every week or two we were overtaken by a dreaded "norther," and the 
ground would soon be covered with sleet and ice. The explorer always suffers a 
great deal from exposure. He is away from all the comforts of civilization; 
absent from home and friends. He works with unfailing enthusiasm and is 
happy if success crowns his efforts. If he discovers new species and adds new 
facts to science, he is well rewarded. To his work are the recent advances made 
in palaeontology largely due. In the interests of science there is no place on 
land or sea that he will not explore. Enduring the heat of the tropics or the 
extreme cold of the north in pursuit of his beloved science, and the glory of the 
whole is that nature always rewards persistent effort in searching our her hidden 
treasures, and when they are found there can be no sensation so gratifying as 
the explorer feels over each new discovery. He is quick to read the mighty 
volume the Creator has written in the solid rock. Each stratum is a leaf in which 
he has written in never fading characters its life and history ; written so plainly 
that there can be no mistake. The geography, climate, depth of sea, etc., of 
each succeeding era in the world's history are carefully inscribed. On the Little 
Wichita I discovered a great many well preserved specimens of ferns, etc., that 
closely resemble those of Permian rocks, a strong proof, to my mind, that the 
beds are Permian. They lie immediately under the old beds. My collections 
*have not as yet been described or I would be able to give a more detailed account 
