New-York daily tribune., 1858-12-28

here Iela'ed WITH the Co~ and afrctirn'Pness III
p-rtons friendship il of iuteres, to the pubic at
large cb'efy on account Of hs connection with the
dpcovery Of the Fossil Footprint. IN tae Counecti-
cut Valley, WI ch have been the subject Of snch
wide curiosity in the scientific word. DR.. Bow
ditch presents we'l-digested statement of the BIZ.
tory of th. remarkable discovery, from which We
take the following paragraphs:
in the early part If 1895 DR.. Deare, with many Of
bic fellow ciiixeps, Doroed very clroa- imPres-
sious upon slabs Il ,rd sand-tOne, that hri been
brouglt from Tuners Fill, nesr GreeDhelf, b. b.
ured 'or SIDE wake IN the Voltage. 1 presume tns'
every one OF YOU who saw them Will reecbo the
remark made u by Of your wisest tognsnsn:
" We ell saw them, sud, u,eGraly az lea-t exclaimed,
Trey are tird truck, eud then reut DOR Say AMI
ihongtt n moie rholi ten. am utt@rlng be-
lievs the simple truth When declare that DR.. Desae
aore recognized, II then mute teach'Dg- sahhms
i,oica'ions of az A'mghty's hand. He seen-, IRON
that meht, io have ezd npon The lovesagatlon oi
the = hole sshied with that earnest bat quiet and
neve,-yeldug euihnsiasm, that aways bai been his
peculiar charHct.r-t'c. H. fought knOElefge every
where upon tie sobject. He visited the spot Theuc-
Tire slets lad been, procured. He rrote to the men
nos noted for their iearoog in geology, Prot H'ch-
cock of AM er-t ana Prof S'liman u Sew-H .ven.
To tie former lie wrote, nLder date OF March, 1872
stating tie lscts aud L. belief that the impressions
were those of birds Pruf II 10 reply on the fifteenth
OF the me month, declared tha, s. they c"ah not he
the result of or. anlZ stiOo. On the twentieth Dr.
Dean. wrote that 10 his Z" own mind there Wa not
coub, If the tracks bei really those of birds tie
moreover states that there other tracks ~hch
be thinks 10 b. a coLtinu siion Of the line, rhc1 IL
:" strong argument against tue app Hrtn"e, beng
produced from accileItal circumstances. ~ Prii ii.
had .Uggssted. To this letter DO reply was ever
uade Dr. Deane wss nothing dan It'd by &c ent nc
iIcfeduliiy bot rather stimulated to mur- z-ai from
the entire conviction that he ba made real d-c'v,
cry He prepared 70 ne casts Of the s'e'imen-, 7ed
reit then. with third communication. not merely to
Prof Hitchcock bat to Prof Sili 40, then the able
Editor of the Amerca journal of Science. Ehich, for
nesr forty year,, hiss been the highest and almost
sole medium of communication between the yonthtnl
scier &c Of An erica and tnht Of Europe. Dr. bvate
hac appealed in vain, in a iya'e manner, to hun
who ss Geoloeist o. tb. State and wbo from havlog
made official rrport 10 the Legislature oi MS
lsbors, mgbt readily have been suPpo,ed to bs what
Indeed he really wa, the Representative at Gsologl-
cal Learning Mas 7chusetJ-. Inis t1rd connuni.
ca,ion Was an appeal TO a higher trbunal-the g,of
sense o tie scieutic public in this conntry and Ea-
rone He did not then or any time afterward pre-
tend 10 give II complete treatise on q comparatively
uikn09n branch of knowledge.
Fifteen Y. ars If subsequ-ut labor did bat make him
feel the tleness # real knogedge on tins vast
.uhiei Which AT that early period Of his study o II,
but dnly revealed It's magr ifceuce aud beauty. The
paper accompanying the c,sis was da,ed 10 apr,
1888. II met With n cordial reception from Pfoi >i-
mar. C.mb,o,d with ocoar demonstration OF the
caste, II caused visit from Prof Hitchcock, who
forthwith commenced the sindy If the whole mater.
Prof Shmsu, though cordially interested 10 the sub
i.ct felt doubtful about publishing DIR Deane's coD-
Catiop and requested pernisson to be a wed 10
de eide az TO the prrpnety Of 80 doiog 10 enable
Lrself 10 arrive ri The mott correct judgment, Pof.
s. wrot. 10 Prof Brcbcock, asking his advice That
advice agaDst the publication on the ground that
he biu,scf the Professor, would be able To give, 10
few m,ntbs, a more "fu and satisfactory psper
DIR. Dea1e continued bis researches during the re-
mainder of bis life, his zeal increasing as bis views
expanded, and az page after page OF tins remote ara
tuI buent period of the worlds history lay spread out
before his eye During the last fe~ ye.rs not mo-
l,at hat ta frnm he
labors of his profession. Late into the night was his
mmp seen slusrng from his casement, like tue
Z" Evening Star" while be was copyiog with his mas
terly touch, these relics Of nn hncicnt era
In 1874 be sent paper to the Amer an journal OF
Science, hch published with drawings, aof he
remarks that it ia +" to accumulate facts that bear
upon tbs interesting subject that he preseats tne com
In 1915, VOL ~, Page 79 he describes Other species
Of fuacks probably those of a bairachian reptile. lie
closes with these words: An ihdescno'ole interest
il impaired 10y op.Iiug the lorg sealed volume that
contains the records OF these extinct animals. Tue
slabs uncovered and raised under my -upervi-
ron, and p'ge after page, with ther hVioS nTup
tor revealed living truths. There were the ch .rac-
t.Is irssn az upon the morniug when taey were
impressed; reminding the spectator OF the bIeVtyo
human entiquty and Of the fral tenure OF huntn
wosks. On hat morning, bor long ago no one can
tell or viii know, gentle stosers "atered tue
earth Al ocean was uOrufiled, and upon i's o"uuia
res pnmaval b,ngs enjoyed their e1lsence anu ~.
sciibed tter eveptiul history In more e'aoN'te
II,
lew discoveries, astnpeI11ls s si,;, . ,aIl,o of
half ward iof 2, and cspable oi hoi"lug ean'' W
x.t.r lie adds: What was the real magnitude of
this fearful bird H maintained his supremacy
tbrou. hou the ertre period o the new red saod--tone
deposiuOD, while other varieties though ggaoti; aad
powerful, became extinct. lie was endowed WIN
lhyscel frame fitted 10 ertuie the tnrbuience o tue
ers 10 winch be regned supreme area Of his race,
AID was pnhy exteTminatei only by the all pervading
caiasIoph's that ssept from tn earth over vast
creatures which bis cOtemoorar.s bn' no. MS
a t..hf xyflf - pa.
ing hese quotations of the 81 thusiasm with which
our friend pursuing the study OF these interesting
remains.
Iuls47. hedescribes thetrack of quadruped, being
the fourth tho, hai been discovered. Hs nters that
these cary Inhabitants of this planet frequentei
regions iIch periodically, or, NJ least occi-
soraly, submerged. He discusses tbe ceu-es, and
mi, ks these foundations aiOse from sudden Hoods.
Finally, 10 1913 January he gives very orie! ac-
couut of another quadruped ira k.
Meanwhile he al sem come specimens and letter
dated Sept 20 1912, To DR. Mattel OF London. lhls
geutleu an laii the cOmmunc.On and the tracks be-
f,re the Geological Society Of ,rdon. The previous
skeptcism u Prof Over apt Of other emin-n' seoc-
gisis and pal, onoogss th roughly overco ne by
tbs comnui icaiiOn oonjonrd il with the dis
covery If the DmoruIs Of NewZealand, an imtnen-e
rd previously uukn ,wn, and whico, by s gstn'ic
proportions seemed allied 10 the makers of me prime
val foot-uaIks. Dr Mantel says that Mr.. NJ irchi-
snn the President Of the SOcsty, acknowe 'ged Mr.
ID, ,aue as the first observer of the u.cks: Aod
again be remarks "your brief and lucid de de.criphoo'
with the specimens has placed this subject tore the
seologiss o Eog laud ia most clear aid satisfactory
h.lt' and "tne thanks Of the Society were s-rny
ST. unaIiuously expressed for so valuable comlng
nicGtion.'
In ls4a still more elaborate memoir With many
plates sent g. the American Acafemy Of Arts sud
Stel ees ard Published In the Memoirs o. the
Soci,ty. Vol. t. page .U9, Nrs Seres.
Two sidiar pspers were published 10 $50 and 1870
b, the Academy Of Natural Sciences q, PhIsielphls,
ana these he first describes the minute tracks
-, Nj n and yDl q lI3.
|, wouo be impossible 10 give on tins occasion, an
analysis of these papers. Sace il 10 say that 10 them
he audes bot only bird tracks, but ~ IMPRESSIONS
mace by many different kinds of lower animals eveo
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