STORY OF A MONSTER 

 FISH. 



CHAPTER 1. 



When I wrote the preface to "The Life of a 

 Fossil Hunter," I little thought of the wonderful 

 discoveries and remarkable changes that awaited 

 me during the seven years that were to follow. 

 Now, in a reminescent mood, I sit down to tell 

 the readers of my autobiography, the story of the 

 last seven years spent in the fossil fields, or in the 

 laboratory preparing for study, the material that 

 I have collected. 



Two seasons my sons and I collected in the 

 Kansas Chalk, the Lance Beds of the old Con- 

 verse County that is now named Niobrara Coun- 

 ty, Wyoming, and in the Oligocene, of the same 

 County. Strange to say, however, five years have 

 been spent in the Dominion of Canada, where, 

 with the assistance of my three sons, I helped 



