EXTINCT ANIMALS 



in the neighbourhood. A great pecuHarity about 

 the occurrence of the remains of animals in this 

 cavern is due to the fact that it has a dry sandy 

 bottom. The bones are not embedded in 



Fig. 131. — Photographs of the leg-bone (tibia) of Mylodon. 

 from the cave of Ultima Speranza, to show the dried and 

 cracked cartilage on tlie ends (articular surfaces) of the 

 bones. 



" stalagmite " as is the case in the bone-caves 

 of England and France, and whilst they are 

 quite unaltered and full of animal matter, the 

 horny and tendinous parts of many of the 

 animals, such as skin, hair, claws and hoofs, and 



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