| Show BACK FROM PATAGONIA Professor John Bell Hat her of Princeton Universiy I VISITED INDIAN TRIBES t EXPEDITION SUCCESSFUL I OB TAlKING RARE SPECIMENS I Ton ofMaterial Discovcre To the aera te Department of Paleontology Which Will Rank With the Best I the WordNew Scheme to Educate the Chinese I Princeton N J Aug 23Profes r John Bell Hatcher of the department of geology and paleontology in Princeton Prince-ton university has just returned tl Princeton from an eight months expo dlton to Patagonia where he has been making researches In geology and paleontology ontology Professor Hatcher and his assistant Mr Ieteron left New York on Dee 5 and a few months later established es-tablished their headqutrters at SandY Point on the coast ot the Straits ot Magellan They went Inland among the Indian tribes and explored the plains and mountains ot Patagonia lying lY-Ing between the fortysixth and fifty third parallels The expedition proved successful especially eS-pecially In obtaining many rare sped meni ot fossils vertebrate and invertebrate inverte-brate A large collection ot ethnologIcal ethnolog-Ical zoological and botanical specimens which they also gathered and several pints In the science of geology and paleontology which have hitherto been the subject of controversy will be def niely settled it is sid by these aped mens On this expedition Professor Hatcher discovered the frt mesozoic mammals ever found hi Patagonia and obtained a collection ot mesozoic invertebrates which will rank wIth those In the best museums of the world Just before leaving the country he had some twenty cases of these Invertebrates shipped to the United States They will be brought to Princeton University and prepared for exhibition in the geological geologi-cal museum While the expedition has on the whole been brilliantly successful the department of paleontology deserves especial mention The quantity ot material ma-terial obtained Is ro great that i has to be expressed In tons and the quality ot the collections 19 remarkably good The Invertebrate fossils wilt receive the careful attention of Dr Ortmann ot the university museum and he will have some or them on exhibition withIn a few months but the preparation and study of the enormou collection of fossil mammals and birds will require several year of work What especially characterizes these Vat epecialy coleclons Is not only the extraordinary I number at the gener and species obtained ob-tained but the remarkably perfect preservation ot the secimens Almost every genus Is represented by one or i more complete skeletons and forms hitherto known only from fragmentary facts may now be studied In all their parts Professor Hatcher has also made collections col-lections ot marIne and fresh water invertebrates In-vertebrates which have proved to be ot unexpected value He ga there a large number or crptogamlc plants which are already In the hands of specialists and a partial account of hem has been published The expedition has also been Important Import-ant In its contributions to geography by the discover or mOl alns lake and rivers which have never before been rvers named or recoedeti on any map Photographs Photo-graphs were taken depicting phslo graphical features of that country and thee may be used b Professor Hatch er In an illustrated lecture He will contain in Princeton several months and direct the work of preparing thO Patagonian collection He expects to continue his researches in Pittagonla and will probably sail for that region some time in 1000 |
