HUNTING BIG GAME OF OTHER DAYS 



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THRLL MILKS ABOVK TOEMAN FERRY WE FOUND THE HIPS AND PART OP A SKELETON 

 OE A NEW, EONG-SPINED DINOSAUR NAMED PIYPACROSAURUS 



The hip bones alone weighed 600 pounds and had to be dragged to the river on a sled. It 

 belongs to the family of duck-bill dinosaurs (see page 408)'. 



the sides, more shellac applied, and finally 

 each bone stands on a little pedestal. 



HOW THE MONSTER SKELETONS ARE 

 PACKED 



If the specimen is a skeleton, we next 

 determine where the bones may be sepa- 

 rated or broken to cause least damage, 

 and each part is covered first with tissue 

 paper, and then with two or three layers 



of plaster-of-Paris bandages — strips of 

 burlap dipped in plaster. When this is 

 set and thoroughly hard, the block is un- 

 dermined and turned over and bandages 

 are applied to the lower surface to form a 

 complete plaster jacket. 



This preparation is slow and tedious. 

 A skeleton may be uncovered in three 

 days, but it will often take three weeks to 

 prepare it ready for boxing. Then heavy 



