The foundations of history . ich areprobably antediluvian, are frequently discovered buried inthe earth, and they may be seen in the various of these apparently belong to species the whole race ofwhich is extinct. They may have been destroyed by theflood, or by violent convulsions of the earth causing a changeof climate. Some of them may have been exterminated bythe smaller animals, or by man. As the earth becomes morepopulous, and is subdued by man, it is likely other largeanimals, which man may not want to use, will disappearfrom it. Note.—^Prepared restorations of many of these
The foundations of history . ich areprobably antediluvian, are frequently discovered buried inthe earth, and they may be seen in the various of these apparently belong to species the whole race ofwhich is extinct. They may have been destroyed by theflood, or by violent convulsions of the earth causing a changeof climate. Some of them may have been exterminated bythe smaller animals, or by man. As the earth becomes morepopulous, and is subdued by man, it is likely other largeanimals, which man may not want to use, will disappearfrom it. Note.—^Prepared restorations of many of these animals, as they aresupposed to have appeared, are exhibited at the Crystal Palace, Sy-denham. From copies of these, the annexed plate has been of the largest of them are— The Iguanodon. A gigantic Lizard, estimated length, thirty tosixty feet. The Megalosaurus. Another Lizard, snpj^osed to have been car-niverous, and probably twenty-five to thirty feet long. ^Numh. siii. 83. ^Deut. ii. 20. ^Deut. iii. GIGANTIC ANIMALS. 93 Tlie Hylcmsaurus. A combination of tlie Crocodile and Lizard,covered with scales, and having a row of long spines along the twenty to thirty feet. The Idithyosaurus. According to Mantell, had the beak of a por-poise, the teeth of a crocodile, the head and sternum of a lizard, andthe paddle of a whale. The Plesiosaurus. Having the head of a lizard, the teeth of acrocodile, a neck of enormous length, like the body of a serpent, abody and tail of the proportions of an ordinary quadruped, and thepaddles of a turtle or whale. Length twelve or fifteen feet. The Olyptodon. A gigantic Armadillo, about fourteen feet long. The Megatherium. A gigantic Sloth, much larger than the ele-phant ; its body about twelve feet long and eight feet high ; its feetwere more than three feet long, and terminated by immense claws. The Dinothermm. A gigantic Tapir, much larger than the Mam-moth ; supposed length eighteen feet. The Mastodon or Mammoth.
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