Show THIC THE YALE panty party WE wn had a call from and an interesting conversation this morning with prof 0 0 marsh professor of paleontology at yale college and head of the geological exploring party to which we have made occasional allusions recently in our columns the ool rol following lowing lre ere are iro the names of the gentlemen I composing the party arty prof 0 0 marsh yalo yato college ell eil chuney junr 1 now haven havon conn J W griswold griswoid Griswo fd troy N X Y 0 W W betts belts N iq Y A H ewing chicago chi cago george B grinnell new Y york rk city ja J 11 russel Tl ussel ky charles F ballard louisville ky john R nicholson nic h 01 dover del henry B sargent near newhaven conn H harry arry D ziegler phila delp delphia hla pa all afy of yale ale alo college 4 sf they left yale abo aboud uthe rhe last of june a and nd are now en route to california where they will spend a week or two and then return through colorado and ana kannasto Kan kansas sasto basto to make further explorations there they expect to reach yale by the first of december the object of the party has baa been to explore nebraska colorado and eastern utah to find ext extinct in c t an animal imal imai remains their investigations have been most successful A very interesting discovery of what was waa once a fresh water lake was made in eastern utah abundant remains of serpents turtles crocodiles rhinoceros and numerous other animals of tropical regions g 1 ons and belonging to what the geologists 9 ests term the tertiary period were found A fresh water lake was also discovered this side of Bherman there were three expeditionary parties one starting from fort forb mcpherson for the examination of the loup loop fork johntry coh one from fort D A russell to explore the geological formations of the country lying between the two forks of the platte river the third party parts started from fort bridger to explore the east uintah mountains and the country in the vicinity of the green and white rivers probably two tons of animal remains have been collected which will be forwarded to yale and it may safely be predicted that the result of the tho labors of these gentlemen will be a highly increased interest throughout the country in researches and investigations in the great west this is the first expedition of the thia kind that has ever been out into this western country but their success will no doubt Etim stimulate the formation of similar expeditions in future professor marsh and his compagno compagnoni ns du voyage have been exceedingly in terea ted and delighted with all they have seen here the professor expresses himself as being charmed with a two hours visit to the museum in this city be he considered that the time passed there was very profitably spent the party leave the city this afternoon |