128 SUMMER IN A BOG. 



dental apparatus it must have fed upon large 

 and resistive animals. 



Prof. Newberry secured for Columbia Col- 

 lege, School of Mines, the fine specimen discov- 

 ered by Mr. Hertzer, where it occupies a place 

 of unique and distinctive interest. 



A second species of the DinicMhys was dis- 

 covered by Mr. Jay Terrell of Sheffield, Lorain 

 County. 



Having observed some large bones pro- 

 truding from the soil on the lake shore cliffs, 

 and finding that they were imbedded in such 

 a manner as to render it impossible to secure 

 them intact by horizontal digging, he excavated 

 from above at a great expense of care and labor, 

 his efforts being rewarded by having the new- 

 found species named in his honor the Dinich- 

 thys Terrelli. 



This species has since been found by others. 



It would be difficult to find a region of the 

 globe which furnishes a richer and more varied 

 field for the naturalist than our own beautiful 

 Ohio. The hills present opportunities for the 

 geologist; even the level plains have their 

 kames, or gravel-pits, in which curious forma- 

 tions are often found, as well as skeletons of 

 the mastodon, here and in the swamps. 



In the numerous Indian mounds the ethnolo 

 gist may find objects for investigation; and 

 there is hardly an acre of ground where the 



