THE SKELETON OF THE NEW CRESTED DINOSAUR, CORYTHOSAURUS, FOUND 



NEAR STEVEVILLE 



This is an unusually complete skeleton more than thirty feet long, with the impression 

 of the skin still preserved on the under side. In this type of "duck bill" the skull was sur- 

 mounted by a high, curved crest, like that of a cassowary. The end of the tail was exposed, 

 giving a clue to the skeleton. 



Spruce and poplar trees cover this sec- 

 tion of the country, and each bend of the 

 river presents some picturesque vista of 

 especial interest, the stately spruce trees, 

 silhouetted against the sky, adding a 

 charm to the ever-changing scene. For- 

 est fires and lumbermen have thinned out 

 most of the larger trees, and for miles 

 along the river the underbrush was col- 

 ored pink by the ripe red raspberries. 



In the long midsummer days, in lati- 

 tude 52 °, there are many hours of day- 

 light, and constant floating would have 

 carried us many miles per day; but fre- 

 quent stops were made to prospect for 

 fossils, and we rarely covered more than 

 twenty miles per day. High up on the 

 plateau buildings and haystacks proclaim 

 a well-settled country, but habitations are 

 rare along the river, and for miles we 

 floated through picturesque solitude, the 

 silence unbroken save by the noise of the 

 rapids. 



During the day an occasional flock of 



ducks or geese would be disturbed by 

 our approach, though few signs of life 

 were seen along the shore; but among 

 the trees, when the mystic hush of night 

 had stilled the camp, all the underworld 

 was alive, and many little feet rustled the 

 leaves where daylight disclosed no sign 

 of life. 



THE NIGHT SOUNDS OF WILD LIFE 



Then the muskrat and beaver would 

 take courage to investigate the big in- 

 truder of their familiar haunts. From 

 the distance some hungry coyote would 

 send his plaintive cry echoing down the 

 canyon, to be punctuated by the "put-put- 

 put, put, put" of a partridge drumming 

 to his mate, and from the trees above 

 came the constant query, "Who-who — 

 who-who-00 ?" 



At intervals we would tie up the boat 

 and go ashore to search the banks, that 

 fossils might not be overlooked. No 

 large fossils were found in rocks of the 



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