Edivard Drinker Cope. — Frazer. 89 
In 1871 he published thirty-seven scientific papers. 
'•Haddonfield, N. J., May 24, 1872." * * I am now busily clean- 
ing off work for a departure and absence from home. * * I suppose 
we \\\\\ leave for the west on or near the 14th of next month. * * 
"I have attained some little light as to what constitutes a motion 
to speak and what not: a thing, hov/ever, on which there will no 
doubt always be something to learn. It is very repugnant to me to 
appear in public, but that feeling grows much less as I find material 
furnished and way open to declare in different ways something from 
the heavenly treasury. The feeling of willingness also removes the 
last hiil of difiticulty, so far as intention goes. Going away would seem 
to interfere wath this, but I feel willing to go, as the opportunities are 
remarkably good, and health is as necessary to one work as the other. 
There is nothing in the way. and I may possibly find something to do 
beyond my scientific work." * * 
Camp near Church Buttes Wy., July 28, 1872. 
"Dear Brother * * I am now two weeks 'on the trail'' but ex- 
pect to reach Bryan to-morrow so as to mail some letters. I had to 
wait three weeks at Ft. Bridger before I could get an outfit, and im- 
proved the time to make various excursions. I have no escort and 
don't need one in this country, of which I am heartily glad. 
"We are still in the well watered region of the heads of Harris 
fork of Green river. Our course commenced on Smith's fork, then 
crossed to Cottonwood creek, and then down the creek to Smith's 
fork again. We are now on Black's fork below where Smith's fork 
enters it. To-morrow we cross it and take up the rotite for Green 
River city (!) (a dozen houses) via Bryan, then we strike Bitter creek 
and follow it east into a howling wilderness, where water is scarce and 
bad, and grizzly bear plenty. So far we have been quite successful in 
the fossil line. I have 20 sp. mammals (8 new) 20 do, reptiles, 12 new; 
and 5 sp. fishes. The labor of getting them out is considerable as the 
rock is hard. We use chisels, wedges, and stone hammers. This is 
a land of mosquitoes and midges or gnats." 
Camp on Green river at mouth of Fontanelle creek, Sept. 8, 1872. 
"Dear Father * * The present point is 50 miles west of the U. 
P. R. R. and at a considerably greater elevation." 
"The Bitter Creek region is a remarkable one for large vertebrate 
fossils, as the Bridger region is for small ones. I obtained ten or 
more new mammals and several fishes and reptiles, besides various old 
ones. The larger ones were a new species of Palseosyops (near Palae- 
otherium), the largest of the species; a new genus Metalophodon re- 
lated to another new form I call Eobasileus. There were remains of 
3 species of the last, and over 13 individuals. Six I found entombed 
near together. I found two skulls, one nearly perfect of the species I 
call E. cornutus. * * * In a word Eobasileus is the most extra- 
ordinary fossil mammal found in N. America, and I have good mate- 
