FRESH REMAINS OF MYLODON 



its inner side with little knobs of bone (Fig. 125) ! 

 The skin was dry, but undecomposed, and when 

 soaked in water gave out the smell of decom- 

 posing animal matter. It was evidently a piece 

 of the skin of a Mylodon which had survived in 



Fig. 124. — Pliotograph of a piece of the skin of the Mylodon 

 (also called Orypotherium darwini) showing the coarse 

 greenish-coloitred hair. From a specimen found in the 

 cave of the Ultima Speranza in South-west Patagonia. 



this region until modern times ! Further ex- 

 plorations were made in the cavern by Dr. 

 Moreno, of the Museum of La Plata, and by other 

 persons, and as a result an immense quantity of 

 bones were obtained and more portions of 



175 



