EXTINCT ANIMALS 



the skin of Mylodon with the hair oil. The 

 cavern had been inhabited probably several 

 centuries ago by Indians, and human bones as 

 well as " forks " made out of dogs' bones (Fig. 

 126) were obtained. The remains of as many as 





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Fig. 125, — The under side of the same piece of skin as that 

 shown in Fig. 124. It shows the small oval ossicles 

 scattered in the deep substance of the skin. 



twenty Mylodons have been obtained from the 

 cavern, and many of the bones have been cut 

 or broken by human agency, the inhabitants of 

 the cave having fed upon the Mylodons and 

 split the bones to obtain the marrow ! Some 

 of the Mylodon bones, skulls, jaw-bones, leg- 



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