The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-12-24
HERALD SATURDAY DECEMBER ls7o-TRPLE sHEE

hold them M before the world In the light OF sci.
College massu sests with what success tae eilors
WAS attended, hut Its wonders are nothing com.
pared with tie wonders OF this region. Az single
pOlilt or view no fewer than eleven fossil turtles
were seen. iticn and important as are the collec-
tons Of oil these animals beasts birds, reptiles and
nm, the country Is Sill ul Of them and u posi-.
bic tnat even more remarkable specimens than any
yet Obtained may still b. found.
AMONG THE UlNTAu MOUNTAINS.
upon reaching Fort inta, III southern Utan, an
d Indian guide was procured VINO look tne party
across the Utntah Mountains by comparatively
snort route through pass so exceedingly dlnlcult
that was necessary to cut road through the Tor
ests 10 allow the pack animals 70 pass. ms 10 the
begnn Y OF the canon region OF the Green and Col
OrauO rivers lraversed by Powclis party ana Which
nc again intends attempting next season, il OOH
gress suail come DOWN. with the appropriation OF
$4,000 he Is now seeking. Among Inc many re-
markabe anlmals OF this region IS gang OF despcr-
ate horse thieves, VINO live IN a valley among the
mountains and are known Is the morse LhitveS or
BOwn's ioe. 1t Is not Impossible tnat they belong
to the mocene peuol, the period o. everything re-
marAnbe IN Tins region Tor they behaved Win the
utmost courtesy toward the Scientific gentlemen, or
whose VISIT ihey aad Iearnea' anu ngcer
horses or the Indian ponies. Alter an absence or
esht weeks on tnls eXped Ton the part Returned 70
Fort Brldger and then went TO SAT- Lake Where
they were kndiy received ~ Brigham Young aad
the Mormon Elders.
Tue trip whlcn the party made to California after
Withstand ng the band 3nmenss of tnc dornon Wo-
men, was more u y.sit Of relaxltiol than OF severe
scientific STUDY. some oi tlem VISITED he o Semitic
valley, wnile Tie others welt norlhwari 10 examine
the geysers and other points OF geological interest
The a.ter party, with ProieSs0f Marsh, were loru-
ma. enough 10 discover near iloull ST. Helena an
eXteHse petuied forest OF iniense trees not uni he
those for which California Is now so justly GEE
brated. The lees were embedded III u volcanic ash
and they prJbubly owe tbcir preservation 10 il vol
callc eruption which overwhelmed the iofeSt IN
ages past. Ihey Were OF lmmen &c Sue, some OF the
PROSTATE trunks being at least one haldred ieeL III
length ami from i've 20 tweige fee IN thickness
After returning To san FRANCISCO and visiting
sey era olner points OF interest III California, inclnd
ing a lew the principal mining centres, me party
returned East az far as Denver IN November and
few days later they canieto Fort Wallace. ia Kansas
from aich polIt their last expedition was made.
IN sEAeCu or SEA sERrENgS.
The formation III tnts vicinity was the cretaceous,
and The special 90 ect or the expedition was to OBJ
tan remaus OF the nosasauro reptiles, or true sea
period and for which this part OF the West appears
10 nave been fay orite resort when the reSion now
occupied by the Rocky Mountain rs was q shallow
sea- In spite of Buffalo Bs disbelief In MS ''sha
low sean theory, Professor Marsh was intent on find
would nave consde ed bigger snake story than the
others, but since his reun all thaC he mas been
heard 10 say about his sn IKE discoveries - that
'tne Investigations OF the party were crowned with
successo The vertebra OF sea snakes in me Yale
Museum SHOW the kind OF success with which their
Investigations crowned, and we may expect IN
the scenslic journals articles OF learned length and
laundering sound similar to those which Professor
Marsh has already Published on the Llllpuilan
horse and the nietamorphosis OF siredon into amply
stoma describing the habits an structure oil the
true sea serpent OF the past. TO most persons his
like "A Newark snake story; but as the Professor has
the aiminutive bones ana joilts 0 the animal there
Is no Eainsaying him. lie viii be found TO be
equally well fortified when he comes to relate his
snake stories In science rs well as In lction we'll
connected tale can be built upon very slight founda-
tiOAs. Prof lessor Marsh has silge JOINT OIL vcne-
rabe sea serpeuts backbone, from which he VIII be
able TO construct snake not less than sixty 1eet IN
length. and the projecting arm--I THINK may call
II an arm, though 1t was anything elseto which tho
rib was attached shows the monster TO nave been IN
every way reptile Of immense proportions. Be-
specimens smaller in size, the whole making the
most unique coliecu n Of geological snakes i'll the
world. -v.: ....c e-
THE RETURN or.rnE PARTY.
the Yale party carried even these LAST cXpl0ra.
nearly all OF them found time to turn from the search
after extinct snakes TO the pursuit of living animals
To make one or more OF these monster beasts bite
the dust. But the colo winds OF winter, watch rem
dered sleeping on the hare ground less a pleasure
than it had been throughout the summer, admon-
ished the party that there was more comfort In the
cities OF the East than on the plains OF The West.
AS the intended time Tor their return had long eX
pred ana as even more than their most sangune
expectations had been fulfilled, the party finished
their explorations ana came eastward. After SPEND
ing day or TWO IN 81. Louis and Cincinnati they oil
returned home. reaching this ty last Saturday.
The expedition was a great success In many ways.
Its scientific results are of the most important char
acter. The treasu es collected are invaluable.
Months OF study by biologists ana comparative
anatomists will be necessary before The additions 10
our scientific knowledge can be fully set forth. The
study OF the snases alone mag prove TO he the work
OF a whole wmser and the geoassisai hnS,ss $40
MGThy q ODDS isn a s
discovered by Professor Marsh may for aught Know
be the subject OF apaper before the National Acade.
my OF Sciences or even of a volume OF profound
learning. The geographical discoveries IN the sand
hills OF the Niobrara region an among the Uintah
Mountains will In themselves afford some interesting
eli .pters Of KNOWLEDGE. Though much has been ac-
complshcd by The Yale College geolO deal eXpedi.
ton much more vet remains TO be done before the
world may fully know the value and Importance OF
their explorations.
1t is understood that Professor Marsh has not yet
satisfied himself that he has obtained everything Of
value to science In the fields OF scientific re-
search which some of these regions afford. ami That
he viii again return to the Rocky Mountains 10
pore further the great fresh water lake basins OF
that interesting locality.