EXTINCT ANIMALS 



grown stalk by which it is fixed just as were its 

 remote forefathers by their splendid waving 

 stems many feet in length. 



In these pages I have only been able to bring 

 to the reader's notice a few of the marvellous 

 and delightful things which we know as " fos- 

 sils " — only a very small selection of what is 

 known about extinct animals. I have avoided 

 going into much detail and using more technical 

 terms and long names than is absolutely neces- 

 sary. It is impossible to speak of these things 

 without mentioning their names ; and though it 

 is true that a fossil " called by any other, 

 name " would still be full of interest, yet we 

 must have a definite name by which to speak 

 of each kind of animal and each kind of rock. 

 If one's interest is aroused in these astoundingly 

 ancient and curious remains of extinct creatures, 

 it becomes after all no very difficult matter to 

 remember their names and to distinguish them 

 from each other as well as to recognize them 

 when we come across the names in books or 

 museums. To learn more than the few facts 

 which I have so briefly stated in these pages, 



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