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animals, if we could see him to-day. He stood not 

 higher than a fox-terrier dog, though his shape was 

 very different. But he would probably be more likely 

 to be classed with the dog than with the horse by the 

 hasty observer, for he walked with four toes of each 

 foot upon the ground as the dog does to-day. Like 

 the dog, he had hanging at the inner side of his front 

 foot a little useless toe. He was long in body, com- 

 paratively short of leg, a little long of head and neck, 

 and distinctly long of tail. His grinding teeth had 

 points on them not unlike a pig's, and possessed no 

 apparent resemblance to the wonderful curved and 

 ridged surfaces seen on the teeth of the modern horse. 

 What his skin and hair were like can only be con- 

 jectured. In the restoration which Mr. Knight has 

 made, at the suggestion of Professor Osborne, an 

 interesting inference has been drawn. That he was a 

 creature of the forest is suggested by his spreading 

 toes, which would keep him from sinking in the soft 

 soil. It is consequently surmised that he was dap- 

 pled with spots which allowed him to rest unnoticed 

 on the sun-flecked floor of the forest. Mane he had 

 none, and his tail was probably tufted slightly at the 

 end with hairs, which were increasingly short as they 

 approached the top. He had no forelock, and the 

 hair along the ridge of his neck was a little longer 

 than the rest, and stood erect. Browsing about on 



