The sun., 1891-07-05

air. climbed trees. and aid everything thA
ana SS SsS Ssrs sSSs sss' ss sss ss
able dragons. ia iaet. Others iorty feet q
!hopsh. oecssIonalIy hsf Il ey ''cS eSms on shore
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ss' Sssp nosss Ssass sh ons
Ss. Se ss f6S: TSs
too; bslonRsd In the sea and grew 70 be forty
s Th had but wsTe
where's The biessst ones now are not more m0ISS
lived tho birds with teeth. which were
only discovered q few years ago, Big;
his the nS MSh
syImmsr and diver. SUB .isl!ns, on ,fsh. The
ancs and habits. 'SHM" but not much larger than a
pigeon; II ID supposed that these strange
ns 8M .ss Hn By aso aha Ssant
bony nrmor. plates. which resembled the mod
ern @ conception Of the sea SERPENT The tyr.
length ,oi twenty feet and measured seven
hs, sS Ss tho sf Of 5spSs
nehes, when they ran the world and had All
sssshSr s. yss, Sasntity q Iossii r:iss IsS face
Sas ssFn Sa nS Of sss sss ~
continents had not been upheaved above the
ocean nearly everywhere was sea- Win &c com; q;
ste sssbeao ssa 80 as so Ss
sh Il sh' a. sss WsSs
jaws and ,estS that a Il on" ooua ID have bittsn man
on came % sharks s. q a's the fiersest type. which
mnst have N been A. much % As .s seyssnty fees IN
aboat a. nes os q we she
teeth Of these ancient sharks. found in enor-
nous numbers. measure more than ak inches
The giant repsies thSt appeared o. the scene
II the sn,EIssSuept H epoch were remIarkHols ror
them e. % ns 80 ns
he yssts bss p ii. spinal column aoSn as IA IA
hsS fSis
aUDss the na s1us n. to
man beins ths Il last s arrival TH on the scene. A
phant and the whale. Small animals with
S yin ssfEss as spPs
less food and know better how to avoid dan;
ger. observe IN Illustration now the doom OF
extinction has fallen upon. the gigantic NAM
mails which roamed over the earth BY myriads
only 50 short time ago com psrativsly sp;'H,kj; p',lj
tho conozoic. There was the dinoceras. which
lived in herds about the lakes. as the deposits
show. big as an elephant but in appearance
somewhere between the rhinoceros and the
hippopotamus. with three, pairs OF horns
on its head. and huge .sabre-like tusks that
imposing Yet was the tinoceras. somewhat
similar OF ASPECT and sixteen feet lonR. Not
less impressive was the megatherium or giant
sloth as large as two elephants. and which
attained measurement Of eighteen feet. and
procured the leaves on which 1t fod by seating
Itself upon Its mighty launches and uprooting
great trees. OF tho dinothsrium no complete
hs biggest snd MT. that ever
which had long tusks aa we'll
as trunk. measures five feet from tho point
of the lower teeth TO the top OF the head. Tho
brontops. Of elephantine .size., had head
like q rhinoceros; with huge horns
Quite as remarkable was tho sivatherium.
phsnt. With two conlcai horns on The front Of
hind. Among birds were waders ten feet In
height such as tho dinornis and gnstornis
with them we're the mammoth
and tho mastodon. the woolly rhinoceros, ar
madillos nine feet In length. and tho sabre.
toothed tiger. larger than the greatest lion Of
!mal lIfs Is found ip dspostts such as A ,hose Of
srnmept has been engaged IN excayatlng their
bones, which arc now to make part OF what 10
10 be- the greatest geological show on earth.
RENE BACHE