sending through our ambassador in Berlin a copy of our publications to His Imperial Majesty. He may be interested in seeing the drawings of this colossal animal. I am informed that a fragmentary half relief of a very much smaller specimen of Diplodocus has been presented by Mr. Morris K. Jesup of New York to the Senckenberg Museum at Frankfurt. a.M. I saw this specimen before it was shipped to Europe. It is very much smaller than the specimen which we possess, and, as I have said, is only a fragmentary reproduction, many parts being wholly omitted and represented simply by diagrams. It does not begin to show the anatomy of the great beast as correctly as the specimen which we have offered to His Majesty, nor is the restoration nearly as costly a gift as that which is tendered by Mr. Carnegie would be. While it possesses the merit of presenting some of the real bones of the animal, the fact that only a few of the bones are there makes it by no means so "desirable" as specimen as that whoch Mr. Carnegie's generosity proposes.



With assurances of the highest esteem and regard, I am,

Yours very truly,



Director Carnegie Museum