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himself, was signed by the initials of his type writer amanuensis, after 
it had been rejected by two of his assistants ; facts that were gener- 
ally known and commented on by his assistants at the time. But 
where are the bones of Zinoceras? I have not seen them myself, save 
a skull, and one or two foot bones, and possibly a pelvis, and assis- 
tants best informed on this group declare that but few existed at all 
Yet the superb plate shows not a missing bone save a few caudals. 
Every vertebra, every rib, all the limb bones to the smallest bones of 
the feet, are perfect. Such a complete specimen was never known. 
There is a hole in the saucepan somewhere. ‘Then too, it is my dis- 
tinct and positive recollection that when preparing the restoration of 
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FIG. 8.—Loxolophodon cornutus Cope, from Cope's plate in the Tertiary Vertebrata. 
Tinoceras he gave directions that the drawings of Dinoceras be en- 
larged one-fifth, and have a three-quarter view instead of side view, so 
that it wouldn’t look too much like Dinoceras. These facts were 
rather freely criticised at the time, leading us often to mirthful con- 
siderations of the unusual elasticity of conscience which a Government 
paleontologist must have to stick the head of one individual on the 
