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Jui.v. 1911. 



round the shores of a beautiful httle lake encom- 

 passed by abundant \'egetation. Most of them 

 are seen standing b\' the water's edge amidst the 

 shrubs and trees, while huge crocodiles and weird 

 creatures emerge from 

 the lake itself. Scenes 

 of battle between these 

 monsters of bvgone ages 

 lend additional realism 

 to their apjiearance. 



Ever\- care was taken 

 to investigate most con- 

 scientiousK' all the bone 

 finds and fossil iiuprints 

 housed in. the foremost 

 museums of the world, 

 especially the American 

 j\I u s e u m of N a t u r a 1 

 Historw Each model 

 was submitted to the 

 leading authorities in the 

 science of palaeontolog\- 

 who, w herever necessarw 

 suggested such altera- 

 tions as might produce 

 a perfect agreement w ith 

 scientific data. 



A fascinating scene of 

 battle offers itself to the 

 observer's e\e as he 

 reaches the bridge 

 crossing the lake (see 

 Figure 1). A monster 

 called C c ru t osd II r ii s 

 which could tie described as a crocodile with huge 

 kangaroo-like hind-legs and tail, is seen assailing 

 another beast of the reptile class, the Stc;^osaiii iis 



which, though protected b\ 

 or spines up to a \ard 

 of its l)ack. antl In 

 likeK t(j have been too cl 



double row of plates 

 11 length down the centre 

 spikes upon its tail, is 

 clums\- in the long run to 

 resist the attacks of its 

 more agile, though con- 

 siderably smaller, eneni)-. 

 A short wa\' off is seen 

 an even much lartrer 



g\a.nt.Ci\\\e<iBroiit()saiinis 



^^^r (see Figure 2) wno lias 



^^m. already succumbed in the 



4^p^ struggle for life. 



"'^^ An Allosaiinis. like- 



wise a huge lizard of the 

 same faniih- of monsters, 

 is gluttonously dex'ouring 

 the remains of his luck- 

 less herbivorous fellow, 

 who apiparently was quite 

 untitted for an\' serious 

 struggle. The trium- 

 phant dinosaur with its 

 huge head and large 

 pointed teeth — as evi- 

 denced by the circum- 

 stances under which its 

 remains ha\e been found 

 — was one of the rulers 

 of those times, and 

 thanks to its enornious 

 I ore -claws, so well 

 iidapted for lacerating, its 

 powerful long hind-legs, 

 so admirabh- suited for jumping, was excellently fitted 

 to pla\' a domineering part. The dinosaurs, generalh' 

 sjieaking, constituted a family of land-dwelling 



Figure 4. Diplndocus cnnw^ici. 



