Field Notebook: Maryland, New Jersey, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, Indiana, Ohio, New York, Ontario 1907
Page 27
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in their belly. In the orator which is very shallow they also use their lips for propulsion but it in here chiefly the tail. This is lashed from side to side just as a shark does. Join the use of the tail that has produced these huge and powerful swimming organs. On the land they prefer to crawl if possible, rather than to move lift on their legs. Princeton June 26-30-1907 Arrived here about 11 A.M. on the 26th and each day until noon of the 29th held entrance examinations at Lawrenceville for Yale. Had 34 men (18 finals and 16 prelims). The work is uninteresting but the men and the institution are the very best. Met at Lawrenceville Mr Lepry's father, the young president of Yale who called my attention to the base bones.