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could show to generations to come the wonderful 

 worMs of God in creation. Ten minutes of van- 

 dalism destroys all my labor, my hopes, my life 

 almost, because I never can recover from such 

 a blow as this. I have not told the full story yet, 

 because the second specimen Levi found was in 

 many respects better than this one I have de- 

 scribed. It was in splendid matrix. A strong 

 sandstone, and the bones beautifully preserved, 

 a specimen that could have been easily prepared. 

 One hind foot was all that was exposed. I could 

 not believe that this meant anything, but a few 

 loose bones. It pointed heavenward, from the 

 side of a cliff. We followed the foot down to the 

 body and found the entire skeleton except a few 

 inches of the tail and THE HEAD. With a re- 

 stored head, (and we found one that could have 

 been used) as far as the public was concerned, the 

 British Museum could have mounted these two 

 lords of the ancient bayous in that great store 

 house of treasures, more rare than gold or silver, 

 to be the heritage of the ages still to come. 



This too, was with the first one and went to 

 the bottom, with the Mount Temple and as far 

 as I could learn, all on board. Perhaps some 

 time when the sea will give up her dead, these 

 noble examples of God's handiwork may also be 

 exposed to the light of day once more. I con- 

 sidered from every standpoint, money or science, 

 these two specimens were worth double what the 

 first two months of labor yielded up. I never 



