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Two Specimens Protostega, from George R. Wieland.

(See Am. Jour. Sci., Vol. II, p. 399, Dec., '96, and Vol. V, p. 15, Jan., '98.)

2421 11 Boxes, Rec'd June 16, 1898, from Chester, Pa.

Weight 1900 lbs., Freight $4.54.

Box 1. - Anterior one-third of Carapace with vertebrae and ribs in place.

( Only partially removed from rock.)

- Specimen 1. -

Box 2. - (a) Middle dorsal region. - A continuation of material in 1.

( The continuation of 2 is in Box 9, which contains the Pelvis.)

(b) Left pes.

- Specimen 1. -

Box 3. - Humerus and Rt. Femur.

- Specimen 1. -

( Copy )

Yale University,

New Haven, Conn., July 14, 1898.

George R. Wieland,

Dear Sir: -

In accordance with your wishes, I have
decided to send you West for two months' work in the Black Hills region,
mainly in South Dakota. The work I wish you to undertake may be
briefly stated as follows: -

(1) Secure all the remaining portions of Protostega, No. 2,
and box them carefully for shipment to New Haven, and send them
as soon as convenient to the Yale Museum (as 4th class freight). Then
make a careful search in the same region for other specimens of
Protostega; and, if found, box each specimen separately, and ship as
before. Also any other vertebrate fossils of importance from the same
horizon.

(2) Then go to Sacora Station, South Dakota, and dig out and
ship as before the remaining portion of Barosaurus, a gigantic Dinosaur,
a portion of which I took out in 1889 (from the Atlantosaurus beds), a
little East of the Sacora Station, and on the land of Mrs. Rachel Hatch,
a few rods southwest of the house. This specimen was discovered by
Mrs. E. R. Ellerman, Postmistress at Postville Post Office, at Sacora
Station, and you should report first to her, and deliver the letter
which I will send to her by you. She promised to keep these specimens
for me, and allow no one else to disturb them; and this was done also by
the owner of the land.

( Copy )

Yale University,

New Haven, Conn., July 15, 1898.

George R. Wieland, of the Yale Museum, will be engaged in geological explorations near the Black Hills during the present summer, under my directions. He is fully authorized to collect fossils for this institution, and to ship the same to New Haven, as well as to guarantee all freight charges on such specimens. I request for him, from all friends of the University, any assistance he may need in the above work.

Professor of Paleontology.