History of the Connecticut Valley in Massachusetts, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers . t was generally supposed that they weremostly those of various species of bipeds now extinct, andthe elder Professor Hitchcock classified and described manyvarieties. The first printed paper taking the ground that they were thetracks of quadrupeds or reptiles was written by Dr. Field, andread at a meeting of the American Association for the Ad-vancement of Science, held in Springfield, Mass., in August,1859, and published in the record of its proceedings.
History of the Connecticut Valley in Massachusetts, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers . t was generally supposed that they weremostly those of various species of bipeds now extinct, andthe elder Professor Hitchcock classified and described manyvarieties. The first printed paper taking the ground that they were thetracks of quadrupeds or reptiles was written by Dr. Field, andread at a meeting of the American Association for the Ad-vancement of Science, held in Springfield, Mass., in August,1859, and published in the record of its proceedings. This theory, though at first received with almost univer-sal unbelief, has at length come to be generally late Professor Louis Agassiz was among the first to acceptthe theory and reasoning of Dr. Field ; and it is interesting towatch the quiet twinkle in the eye of the veteran arch;eolo-gist as he relates his first interview with that eminent scientist. Many distinguished men have been visitors at the Fieldfarm, where several quarries have been opened ; among whommay be mentioned the names of Professors Hitchcock, father. HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY. 577 and son, Agassiz, Marsh, Redfield, Dana, Huxley, Warren,and many otliers, names known to fame, who have comefrom near and far to examine one of the most noted localitiesfor geological study to be found in the world. Dr. Field relates how Professor Huxley, when first shown the foot-prints, called for a piece of chalk, and rapidly sketchedthe saurian who might have made them. Dr. Field is anhonorary member of the American Association for the Ad-vancement of Science, and corresponding member of variousother scientific bodies. HISTORY OF THE TOWNS OF FRANKLIN COUNTY. GREENFIELD. GEOGRAPHICAL. Gkkenfield, the shire-town of Franklin County, is situ-ated west of the Connecticut Kiver. It is bounded on thenorth by Bernardston and Leyden, on the west by Shelburne,on the south by Deerfield, and on the east by the Connecticut
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