14 HORSE AND MAN. 



horse are much more strongly developed. It is 

 appropriately named the Anchitherium i.e. the 

 creature approaching the horse. In this animal 

 there were apparently three toes, all resting on the 

 ground, and the other two almost touching it. Next 

 came the Hipparion i.e. an animal almost a horse. 



LEFT FOOT OF ANCH1THEEIUM. LEFT FOOT OF HIPPARIOX. 



This creature had still the three toes, but only the 

 central toe rested on the ground, the others being 

 drawn upwards, 



I intentionally used the word ' apparently ' 

 when describing the toes of the anchitherium, and 

 for the following reason. Let the reader again look 



