Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 525
transporting the bones from the quarry itwas necessary to build a small railroad to thescene of operations. Even then the difficulties oftransportation were not over. The nearest actualrailroad—even a branch line —was many milesaway, and the bones were hauled across the des-ert in wagons drawn by… … ffuiii riii-?iii«fiiiii&iiiirii BRONTOSAURUS BONES PACKfCD READY FOR SHIPMENT tons. Compared with such an animal, an elephantwould be as a dog to a horse. The skeleton ofthis brontosaurus is larger by ten feet than theskeleton of the diplodocus, another member ofthe dinosaur family, unearthed…
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