98 Plated Dinosaurs 



plate in position. Of course I am not familiar 

 with the many skeletons of this form Mr. Brown 

 has discovered and have been looking a long time 

 for a Memoir describing these interesting forms. 

 The great desideratum is to find one of these 

 wonderful reptiles with all the armor in place; 

 just as the skin was found in the "Dinosaur 

 Mummy" and the Senckenberg specimens of the 

 crested duck-bills. However we already know 

 there was an anchylosed necklace back of the 

 head and that the end of the tail was club-like. 

 I secured several of these clubs. 



Let us go back to the time when the Belly Riv- 

 er rocks were forming in the bottom of the lake. 

 It is spring; every thing throbs with life. The 

 sap is surging through the trees arrayed in their 

 brightest tints, the ground below, is carpeted 

 with flowers in endless variety and hue ; there is 

 a clump of evergreens, and here one of poplars, 

 while in the distance are, figs, magnolias, and a 

 wealth of other trees, all adding beauty to the 

 scene. Along the lake shore, dense masses of 

 horse-tail rushes, moss and long coarse grass cast 

 waving shadows. On the quiet, bays vast masses 

 of water lillies, waft their incense on the air, and 

 delight our senses. Above us the swinging red- 

 wood branches shut out the direct rays of the 

 sun which falls as if filtered through the stained 

 windows of some great cathedral. Let us creep 

 along to the second bench that overlooks the 

 jungle of vegetation, that spreads out in great 



