134 The American Geologist. M^vc)ci, i903. 
The archaeological specimens, many thousand in number, 
are now being studied and arranged for exhibition, and will 
be described at another time. 
Some years ago, when the writer resided at Cincinnati and 
was associated with Mr. Ulrich, the enthusiasm of our youth 
led us to plan a monograph of the fossils of the Cincinnati 
group, and in this plan the Harris collection was largely to 
serve ; but the cost of production was so great that the work 
had to be reluctantly abandoned. Since then, the U. S. Na- 
tional museum has or will acquire the collections of I. H. 
Harris, E. O. Ulrich, Charles Schuchert, Ernst H. Vaupel, 
Henry E. Dickhaut, and Ray S. Bassler. It is safe to say 
that, during the next few years, the national collection of Cin- 
cinnati fossils, after removal of the duplicates, will contain 
not far from 50,000 specimens and will be the most extensive 
in existence. The plans of our younger days will again be 
brought forward when the above mentioned collections have 
received their preliminary arrangement. 
Iia this connection, it is gratifying to note what the Cin- 
cinnati region has- .done for American paleontology. The 
well preserved and abundant fossils of this region have at- 
tracted and made many a local collector, the attraction, as a 
rule, beginning with his school days. It would not be difficult 
to give a list of fifty names of such workers, and twenty-five 
years ago the writer knew not less than twelve other boy col- 
lectors about Cincinnati. For the sake of noting the appar- 
ent fact that environment has much to do with the making of 
paleontologists, only those collectors who have enriched the 
science by collections or publications will be named. These, 
son\ewhat chronologically arranged, are : Dr. John Locke, 
David Christy (author of "Christy's Letters on Geology," 
1848,) F. B. Meek (Madison, Ind.), S. T. Carley, U. P. James, 
C. B. Dyer, S. A. Miller, A. G. Wetberby, John Mickleborough, 
Joseph L. Moore (Richmond, Ind.), Dr. Richard M. Byrnes, 
Dr. H. H. Hill, I. H. Harris (Waynesville, Ohio), Dr. L. B. 
Welch (Wilmington, Ohio), Dr. W. S. T. Cornett (Madison, 
Indiana), J. Kelly O'Neall (Lebanon, Ohio), Mrs. Mary P. 
Haines (Richmond, Indiana), E. O. Ulrich, Joseph F. James, 
Charles Schuchert, John M. Nickles, E. H. Vaupel, H. E. Dick- 
haut, T. J. Patterson, D. A. McCord (Oxford, Ohio), G. W. 
