The Heign of Reptiles 



walked erect, covering two yards at every 

 stride.* And yet in spite of all this abundant 

 life so far only one or two skeletons of the 

 smaller forms have come to light, and while 

 bones and teeth have been found in the Trias 

 of North Carolina, Arizona, and New Mexico, 

 these serve only to assure us of the presence of 

 large, carnivorous forms. 



But in the Jurassic dinosaurs appear in 

 force in various parts of the world, and from 

 the rich deposits of our Western States, par- 

 ticularly of Wyoming, where the beds may be 

 readily Avorked, has been obtained a large 

 amount of material from which we have derived 

 a very complete knowledge of these animals. 

 And while, save in a few rare instances, nothing 

 approaching a perfect skeleton of any one indi- 

 vidual has been found, a great many portions 

 of various animals have been collected, and 

 with these it has been possible to improve upon 

 Frankenstein, and construct not one but sev- 

 eral monsters. 



The curious mishaps that must have befallen 



*But the individual footprints are, of course, but 3 feet apart. 

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