New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-07-10

laurels among the tertiary mammals OF the wcst fro
Hall was among the earliest explorers, ana IN ieoi no
laid the foundation Of Prof Haydens later Iame py 'c
ing him with Prof. Meek to the Namrdises Terres Ills
not often that young men benefited by bong sent
TO the bad The mammalian remains there oo-
tanned have been studied principally by froi' Leu!
OF Philadelphia; they belonged to vide range vi a"i
NAL lfe many Of the quadrupeds being OF tho rgeS'
size such as the rhnoceros tho anoherium. &c. Inc
skull of which drawing given above Is that OF tne
oreodon an animal which partook, according 10 ffoi
Idy Of the qualities OF the deer, tho camel ana the
hog Another student describes 1t as resembling the
exican peccary, but having body proportohea ''ho
an antelope Certainly the reader should from these
facts he able reconstruct the oreodon at least IN I'M
aginaton and to conceive the animal as roaming over
and helm entombed in miocenc beds the Upper MIS-
sour, II would take long to enlmeifo all tue ter
tiary fossils OF this collection There arc aDnuaht 'ur
Ties In Nebraska, fish remains from inc u'ccn
River deposits Of Wyoming Territory aud moliusks
from w-Jersey, Maryland Virginia, and AiDdha' as
well as many from Europe.
Enough has perhaps been said to give the reader
notion Of the extent and variety Of this collection.
Many OF the opportunities OF which Prof. Han eDo!ed
the advantage never be recaed-snch Ior Sahco'
"a the cutting the Erie and other canals For 10 years
exchanges and purchases have gone mana III nan" WIN
collecting in person and by proxy, from un'rodden
fields thrcevomo essay would be required 10 recor"
tho history OF all tho expeditions whose results arc
here: and even to give the names oi Tue On
plorers associated in some OF them wo"iu oo
si,btipo to the many who would have to DO
omitted for the sake OF breyy; this lcttcr VIII no.
attempt the task In the great abundance of the Hall
collection there is the material for future exchanges WIN
the museums Of Europe whereby specimens can 10 Cd
tainrd for America that money can buy THIS IL
part Of the programme laid down for the Albany oSSn.
after they shall have been removed to Cchtri rh' "
already foreign correspondence las been Opened" oaSu
upon this prospect NJ. Baranlc tutor OF the 'o'h' uo
Paris wears ago adc Bohemia the classic ground OF E
ropean geology figuring every species OF foSs! discovered
4, that counfry lie il to have the first Offer Of ex-
change with the Hall collection The geological survey
of Great Britain and Ireland has been very thoroughly
performed. Sir Henry de Ia Beclic ana SIr houcrcA
Murchison were iis earlier directors. the iae frihce
Consort took great interest In that survey! anu "''i
his influence the specimens obtained during ia progress
were brought together in the Museum OF Practical
Geology The second offer of exchanges from the Han
collection will be with that Museum.
II will be seen that the removal Of the Hall collection
+, tbc ucw nrcroof building Of tho American Museum
Of Natural History is event OF high Importance 10
Geological science The preservation of these fossils
from the danger OF fire may save lis srch regrets ~ tho'e
which have followed the destruction OF sci ntlic treasures
,t cncago Especially would the loss Of type specimens
lac rrepaabe-and Of these the collection contains an
unusually large rroportion-specn'n To when te SUI
dent must from time to time REFER as Nc
wishes to ascertain moro particularly tho
specific differences by which Organisms are
characterized and classified. The collection after re-
moya TO Central Park will doubtless be placed in charge
Of competent curator, whose business Will b" TO put
these treasures in the light OF dag. where they VIII be
accessible to the student. Wlen the system OF eK-
changes projected shall have been carried out long
step may made toward realizing the DREAM the hope
Of gco!ogiss thorough comparison of the respective
fossils of similar strata from both hesphcreS whereby
we may learn thing definite about the whole earths
past history W. T. W.