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in the model of the skeleton, I removed them and turned them over to Dr. Arthur 
Smith Woodward, requesting him to keep them until with the progress of discovery 
we come to a point where we may be better able to tell what was the role which 
they actually played in the osseous system of Diplodocus. 
In concluding this brief paper upon the osteology of Diplodocus the writer cannot 
forbear making passing reference to the interest which was manifested by the public 
in the restoration, which was formally presented to the Trustees of the British 
Museum by Mr. Carnegie, on May 12, 1905. He is informed that the number of 
persons resorting to the Museum in South Kensington, after the announcement had 
been made that the restoration was on view, exceeded the attendance at the institu- 
tion at any time since the building was first thrown open to the public. It hap- 
pened that at the time of the presentation Parliament was in session, and it was 
exceedingly interesting, as well as amusing, to observe the manner in which the 
fancy of the knights of the quill and brush seized the work of the paleontologist to 
aid them in the field of political caricature. A score of amusing cartoons bearing 
upon the political events of the day, in which the Diplodocus was made to do ser- 
vice, appeared in the daily papers of England. In the field of commercial adver- 
tisement the great reptile has been used, and the writer has discovered a number of 
advertisements in which rude representations of the creature have been given, in 
order to attract the attention of the public to wares which are described below the 
cuts. Not only has the Diplodocus been pressed into service by the caricaturist and 
the advertising agent, but the modeler has employed its form for decorative pur- 
poses. “ Diplodocus vases,” bearing on their sides figures of the beast in high relief, 
have been placed upon the market in London by one of the best known firms en- 
gaged in the manufacture of majolica. 
Thus the huge reptile, which a score of years ago was unknown, has become 
more or less familiar, although there remain a number of doubtful points as to its 
osteology to be solved by future study and research. 
