50 MIGHTY ANIMALS 



With a bound the man reached the rock. It took 

 him but a short time to decide that he had discovered 

 the head of some gigantic Dinosaur. He looked 

 about him to see if any other part of the skeleton was 

 in sight. Soon he came upon a rock in which was a 

 section of the backbone. Then he gave up further 

 search and hurried back to the camp. There he 

 found his two companions who, having met with no 

 success in their day's work, had concluded that it 

 would be better to move the camp the next morning. 

 When they heard the story of the third man they 

 were as delighted as they were surprised and all 

 turned in to sleep early so that they might begin the 

 next day's work in good season. 



The following morning, soon after sunrise, they 

 were at the spot where the Dinosaur's jaws were 

 visible, eagerly searching for more signs of the buried 

 monster. But not a vestige of bone could be seen 

 aside from the jaws and the piece of backbone the 

 man had found the previous evening. So the men 

 concluded that the skeleton, if it existed, must 

 extend back into the bluff. The only way to find out 

 whether or not they were correct in their guess was 



