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...sailed for Europe, to take possession of the zoological collection of Baron de Beyet of Brussels, which has just been purchased by Mr. Andrew Carnegie as a gift to the University. The gift was purchased through the influence of Dr. Eastman. This collection is especially rich in specimens of extinct birds and animals of central Europe and northern Asia, and contains many that cannot be duplicated. Baron de Beyet has made a life long study of extinct fauns, and his classifications have been accepted by most of the universities of Europe...
...product, the educated man of today, is in some measure the necessity of the time. The demands of a special calling require preparation so early and so long that the all-round man--that invaluable species which has leavened and civilized all society--bids fair to be soon as extinct as the dodo...
...than anything else the results of my trip have been to make me realize that the whole theory of coral formation is still very uncertain. A few interesting discoveries about the Fijis have shown that the very old theory that atolls are coral growths on the rims of sunken extinct craters, for which Darwin and Dana expressed great contempt, was not entirely groundless but in some cases perfectly true...
...were found, such as deer, tortoise, elk, rabbit and many others. It is probable that the human beings who lived there had killed those animals for food, since the bones that were scattered about the fire-places were rarely gnawed by animals. Another important discovery was that of the extinct peccary, which has been found also in Hartman's cave, and of teeth of the tapir. The nature of the human remains and the fact that they are found only in one layer, prove that the Indians lived in the cave, and that they had no predecessors in these regions...
...erection of the stone-house. Through the assistance of the American Minister of Bolivia, Mr. Anderson, an expedition of much archaeological interest, was made to Tiahuanuco and the sacred islands of the Incas on Lake Titicaca. A trip was also made to the summit of El Misti, a nearly extinct volcano, some nineteen thousand feet in height...