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100 ANIMALS OF THE PAST 



Triceratops, he of the three-horned face, had 

 a remarkable skull which projected backward 

 over the neck, like a fireman's helmet, or a 

 sunbonnet worn hind side before, while over 

 each eye was a massive horn directed forward, 

 a third, but much smaller horn being some- 

 times present on the nose. 



The httle " Horned Toad," which isn't a 

 toad at all, is the nearest suggestion we have 

 to-day of Triceratops ; but, could he realize 

 the ambition of the frog in the fable and 

 swell himself to the dimensions of an ox, he 

 would even then be but a pigmy compared 

 with his ancient and distant relative. 



So far as mere appearance goes he would 

 compare very well, for while so much is said 

 about the strange appearance of the Dinosaurs, 

 it is to be borne in mind that their peculiari- 

 ties are enhanced by their size, and that there 

 are many lizards of to-day that lack only 

 stature to be even more bizcu^re ; and, for ex- 

 ample, were the Australian Moloch but big 

 enough, he could give even Stegosaurus 

 " points " in more ways than one. 



Standing before the skull of Triceratops, 



