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credit for my discoveries, and calling attention to all Americans that 
eratered his museum, that these Texas and Kansas specimen.5 so beau- 
tifully mounted there, were collected by myself, a citizen of the U. S. 
It is not egotism, but to show the. generous characer of Zittel that I 
copy from some of his letters in 1901, when I was so fortunate as to 
secure a fine collection of Permian vertebrates, from Baylor county, 
Texas. 
'Munich, Feb. jth. diaries Sternberg. My dear Sir : You have 
probably received the interesting paper on Eyrops megacephalus by my 
assistant Dr. Broili : and will see that we have begun work on your 
Texas collection of 1895. The whole material has now been prepared 
for scientific description, but unfortunately for the reptiles, particularly 
for the genera Dimctrodon and Naosaiirus, the material is still too 
fragmentary even for a partial description of these interesting forms, 
as it has always been my opinion that the publishing of poorly founded 
genera and species was more detrimental than beneficial to science. I 
also wish to enlarge our Amphibian material. However, so much of 
real worth is contained in this collection from the Permian beds of 
Texas, that I have always wanted to augment it and complete it. 
Unfortunately, up to the present time I have been unable to obtain the 
necessary money for the renewal of exploration ; however, I am happy 
to say that I am in position to set something aside for Permian col- 
lection, and for Texas I naturally turn to you to ask if you would 
care to collect for our museum again this spring." 
Then followed a business proposition that I could not accept. He 
however met my wishes in a letter dated Munich, March 17th, 1901. 
"I am sorry that from your letter of the 25th of February last, 
you do not consider yourself to be in a position to work for the Munich 
Aluseum in Texas this spring. I can readily understand that after 
your long activity in scientific fields, without material results, you are 
somewhat discouraged and embittered, and feel that your services in 
this direction have not been sufficiently appreciated. For my part, I 
have done my best to give you credit for the scientific side of j-our 
work, and your collections from Kansas and Texas in the Munich 
Muiseum will always be, as I wrote you, an everlasting memorial to the 
name of Charles Sternberg." 
After making a proposition agreed to, the Doctor in a letter of De- 
cember 23, looi, thrilled me, by the good news : 
"The five boxes with your great collection, as well as the express 
box with the little skulls, have arrived safely. I have looked over the 
results of your researches and think that the collection of this year is 
better than any other made before in Texas. With few exceptions we 
have nearly all the genera created by Prof. Cope and several in better 
condition. Besides there are certainly a good number of very interesting 
and new material which will give us business for several years. I am 
very glad that I can give you such a favorable report about your hard 
work, in the interests of this museum. I hope for further friendly 
