J 18 GEOLOGY OF THE ISLE OF WIGHT. 



the reader who visits the Binstead quarries may be 

 aware of the appearance and characters of these 

 relics ; the lower jaw of the Palouotherium mi it ax, 

 with five molar teeth {PL II. fig. 12), is a highly 

 instructive specimen.* 



It is unnecessary to enter at large on the struc- 

 ture and habits of the pachydermata to which 

 these remains belonged ; for even the forms of 

 these extinct beings must be familiar to the 

 reader, as Cuvier's restorations of several species 

 are introduced into every popular work that treats 

 of the ancient inhabitants of our globe, j The 

 Anoplotheria are remarkably distinguished by 

 having feet with but two toes, as in the ruminants, 

 and an uninterrupted dental system; the teeth 

 being placed in a continuous series, as in man, 

 without any interval between them. The A. com- 

 mune was eight feet long, and of the height of a 

 wild boar, but of a more elongated shape ; it had 

 a long and thick tail, which, it is supposed, like 

 that of the Otter, assisted it to swim with facility ; 

 from the structure of the teeth it is inferred that 

 it browsed on grass like the horse. The A.secun- 



' Tin Palaeotherium had seven molar teeth on each side the lower jaw ; in 



figured, three true molars, and two of the premolars, remain , 

 tin- seventh or last molar has three crescent-shaped lulus; the others but 

 ■ ich. 



I tails ot their anatomical structure are given in Cuvier's '■(>■ 

 I. iii. 



