206 Conclusion 



entered the Victoria Memorial Museum where 

 we had mounted one of the noble duckbUls with- 

 out a feeling of awe, as if I stood in the presence 

 of God himself. It dominates everything in the 

 Museum, and attracts the attention of the dull- 

 est of men. How happy I was in the thought 

 that for countless thousands of years to come, 

 others could feel that same feeling of reverence 

 for the Creator. In the twinkling of an eye the 

 blue Atlantic covered them. I once prepared the 

 skeleton of a Megatherium from Brazil; it too 

 had gone to the bottom of the ocean, but divers 

 had rescued it from its watery grave. I have lit- 

 tle hope that this will ever be done to the noble 

 duckbills who were sent to Davies Locker by a 

 German torpedo. 



We discovered other fine material that was 

 saved and the preparators are at work on it, so 

 I hope our last year's labor, the most strenuous 

 for many years may not be entirely lost. 



My dear readers my book is coming to a close. 

 The other volume "The Life of a Fossil Hunter" 

 is out of print. It depends on you whether we 

 have another edition published. This I will 

 gladly do, if each reader of this one, will send 

 me a subscription for the other. You will cer- 

 tainly realize that this work, like the other has 

 been a labor of love. Take this volume, I am at 

 my own personal expense issuing five hundred 

 copies. If I sell each copy I will not realize 

 any more than the cost of publication. I work- 



