. Sea and land [microform] : an illustrated history of the wonderful and curious things of nature existing before and since the deluge ... : being a natural history of the sea illustrated by stirring adventures with whales ... : also a natural history of land-creatures such as lions, ... : to which is appended a description of the cannibals and wild races of the world, their customs, habits, ferocity and curious ways. Zoology; Natural history; Zoologie; Sciences naturelles. 42 SUA AW) lAHt). li plate like the flattened bowl of a huge spoon, placecl cfos«wiSe. Beneath these stretched two broad
. Sea and land [microform] : an illustrated history of the wonderful and curious things of nature existing before and since the deluge ... : being a natural history of the sea illustrated by stirring adventures with whales ... : also a natural history of land-creatures such as lions, ... : to which is appended a description of the cannibals and wild races of the world, their customs, habits, ferocity and curious ways. Zoology; Natural history; Zoologie; Sciences naturelles. 42 SUA AW) lAHt). li plate like the flattened bowl of a huge spoon, placecl cfos«wiSe. Beneath these stretched two broad plates, two f et in width, and no thicker than binders' board. The edges were fingered, and the sur- face hard and smooth. All this was quite new among fully grown animals, and we at once determined that more ground must be explored for further light. After picking away the bank and carving the soft rock, new masses of strange forms were disclosed. Some bones of a large paddle were recognized, and a leg bone. The shoulder-blade of a huge tortoise came next, and further examination showed that we had stumbled on the burial place of the largest species of sea turtle yet known. The single bones of the paddle were eight inches long, giving the spread of the expanded flippers as con-. THE PROTOSTFGE, OR C \EAT TURTLE. siderably over fifteen feet. But the ribs were those of an ordinary turtle just hatched, and the great plates represented the bony deposit in the skin, which, commencing independently in modern turtles, unite with each other at an early day. But it was incredible that the largest of known turtles should be but just hatched, and for this and other reasons it has been concluded that this * ancient mariner' is one of those forms not uncommon in old days, whose incom- pleteness in some respects points to the truth of the belief that animals have assumed their modern perfections by growth from more simple beginnings.'^. Please note that these images are extracted from scan
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