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 if 
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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