VI 



THE DINOSAURS 



" Shapes of all sorts and sizes, great and small." 



A few million years ago, geologists and phys- 

 icists do not agree upon the exact number, 

 although both agree upon the millions, when 

 the Rocky Mountains were not yet born and 

 the now bare and arid western plains a land 

 of lakes, rivers, and luxuriant vegetation, the 

 region was inhabited by a race of strange and 

 mighty reptiles upon whom science has be- 

 stowed the appropriate name of Dinosaurs, or 

 terrible lizards. 



Our acquaintance with the Dinosaurs is 

 comparatively recent, dating from the early 

 part of the nineteenth century, and in Amer- 

 ica, at least, the date may be set at 1818, when 

 the first Dinosaur remains were found in the 

 Valley of the Connecticut, although they nat- 

 urally were not recognized as such, nor had the 



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