Edivard Drinker Cope. — Fraze>. lOi 
is at work for a couple of weeks or so. There are some things 
I am very anxious to find out if I go to Europe, before I go, and this 
can only be done by a visit to the field." 
"S. S. Elysia, August 12, 1878. Dear Wife * * I can beat the 
British Museum in the large saurians 'all hollow.' I found they had 
been working up the fishes of the English Chalk according to my sys- 
tem, and had discovered a number of new species of my genera, some 
from Belgium as well. 
"I have made the acquaintance of various men whose names I 
have long been familiar with — as Boyd Dawkins, Traquair, etc. The 
former I have formed a great liking for. I have spread out Mr. Ry- 
der's drawings of Camarasaurus, etc., in the loan Museum, and they 
have attracted great attention." 
"London, August 25, 1878. * * I enjoyed the Association very 
much, and made many very good friends. Among these, in the or- 
der of my preference, I enumerate Prof. W. Boyd Dawkins, Leith 
Adams, Prof. Macalister (of Dublin), Dr. Traquair, of Edinburg — all 
paleontologists in the Vertebrata. Then of the geologists I was very 
kindly treated by John Evans, president of the geological section, and 
I learned to like Dr. Hicks, of Wales; Air. Pengelly, of Cornwall. 
The only traces of 's handiwork I could discover was in an indif- 
ference of Huxley's, which I ascribed to that source. He took no 
pains to see me nor hear any of my papers — a coolness I suspect he 
would not have shown to friend . I, however, introduced rny- 
self and I think we should have had some pleasant conversation. * * 
"Paris, September 6, 1878: — On reaching here from London I 
found that the French Association for the Advancement of Science was 
in session. I attended the meetings of the last two days, and began 
at once to make acquaintances. Of these, I may mention among 
the zoologists, Mr. Lataste of Paris, Professor Casco (Genoa), ("the 
Commandatore") Cappellini of Bologna; and of the geologists and 
paleontologists the count de Saporta (of Aix en Provence) and Pro- 
fessor Filhdl of Toulouse. The last named is of about my age, 
and has discovered more remarkable species of fossil vertebrata than 
any other person in France for several years. * * * 
"I was invited to dinner at Professor Alb. Gaudry's at 7 p. m. Pro- 
fessor Gaudry is professor in the Jardin des Plantes. I omitted to say 
that Professor Gervais, professor of zoology in the Jardin des Plantes, 
gave me a private dinner before. There were some 25 persons at Gau- 
dry's to dinner, the only ladies being Madame Gaudry and Madame 
Hebert. I had the place of honor to the right hand of the presi- 
dent of the congress, with Count Saporta on my right. Every person 
present was noted in geology and paleontology. Profesor Hall and 
Professor Sterry Hunt were the other Americans present. There 
was also a grand entertainment or reception at the house of the min- 
ister of public instruction one evening, where the congress was enter- 
tained at the same time with nearly half of the schoolmasters of 
France. Here I made the acquaintance of Mr. Powel, whose name I 
