108 ANIMALS OF THE PAST 
Such were some of the strange and mighty 
animals that once roamed this continent from — 
the valley of the Connecticut, where they liter- 
ally left their footprints on the sands of time, 
to the Rocky Mountains, where the ancient | 
lakes and rivers .became cemeteries for the en- _ 
tombment of their bones. | 
The labor of the collector has gathered their — 
fossil remains from many a Western canyon, — 
the skill of the preparator has removed them — 
from their stony sepulchres. and the study of ti 
the anatomist has restored oo as they were — 
in life. if 
REFEREN CES. 
: Most of - our Doree museums ‘have on exhibition fine 
specimens of many Dinosaurs, comprising ‘skulls, limbs, 
and large portions of their skeletons. The American P| 
Museum of Natural History, ‘New York, has the largest | 
and finest display. - The ‘first actual skeleton of a Dino- : : 
saur to be mounted in this country was the splendid Clao-— | 
saurus at the Yale University. Museum, where other strik- | 
ing ‘pieces are also to be seen. The mounting of this | 
Claosaurus,, which is 29 feet long and 13 feet high, took 
an entire year. The United States National Museum is ¢ F 
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