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elevated, the fore legs are again dislocated at the junc- 

 ture of the humerus with the radius and ulna and stuffed 

 underneath the skeleton, while the great neck is thrown 

 upward in the form of a reversed letter ' ' S, " the Hogar- 

 thian lines of which no doubt suggested themselves to 

 the learned reconstructionist as possessing soulful grace. 

 A reproduction of the skeletal monstrosity perpetrated 

 by Tornier is here given (Fig. 3). As a contribution 



to the literature of caricature the success achieved is 

 remarkable. It reminds us somewhat of those creations 

 carved in wood emanating from Nuremberg, which were 

 the delight of our childhood, and which came to us stuffed 

 in boxes labeled " Noah's Ark," and stamped "Made 

 in Germany." 



I should prefer to end my communication at this point, 

 commending the perusal of the articles by Hay, Tornier, 

 and Sternfeld to the attention of those of you who are 

 familiar with the osteology of the sauropoda as amusing 

 illustrations of the manner in which it is possible for 

 gentlemen possessing entirely inadequate acquaintance 

 with a subject to "darken counsel by words without 

 knowledge. ' ' 



Inasmuch, however, as Professor Tornier 's opinions 

 and his misleading diagrams and figures have been given 

 some currency in journals intended to popularize science, 



