38 RELICS FROM THE WRECK 



recent shells amount to ninety-five per cent. circumstan- 

 ces which show a gradual increase of marine animal life, 

 for a long series of ages previous to our historical epoch. 

 The tertiary rocks in the neighborhood of Paris, and other 

 places, abound with the remains of extinct quadrupeds allied 

 to the tajpirs with the bones of elephants, rhinoceroses, hip- 

 popotami, lions, tigers, and many other animals belonging 

 to existing genera, but of different species from any now 

 living. The teeth and bones of horses are often met with 

 in the elephant bed, in Brighton cliiFs ; they are referable 

 to a small species, about the size pf a Shetland pony.* 



" Yes ! where the huntsman winds his matin horn. 



And the couch'd hare beneath the covert trembles ; 



Where shepherds tend their flocks, and grows the corn; 

 Where Fashion on our gay Parade assembles 



Wild Horses, Deer, and Elephants have strayed, 

 Treading beneath their feet old Ocean's races." 



Megatherium, (Fig 7.) This leviathan of the vast plains 



Fig. 7. 



Skeleton of the Megatherium. 



* The bones of the Kangaroo have been also found in England. That 

 the remains of an extinct species of gigantic Kangaroo should be found 



