706 THE MICROSCOPE. 



reptiles in the Lower sandstones of the New red system, 



Fig. 337. 



1, Section of the tendo-Achillis as it joins the oscalcis : showing tho *Mi*+* 

 ceUs i of tendon gradually coalescing to form the round or waf ceUs of the 

 cartilage 2, A small transverse section of enchondroma, showing the eradua! 



in Warwickshire, have been placed beyond a doubt. By 



the microscope, the 

 supposed monarch 

 of theSaurian tribes 

 the so-called Ba- 

 silosaurus has 

 been deposed, and 

 removed from the 

 head of the Eepti- 

 lian to the bottom 

 of the Mammalian 

 division. The mi- 

 croscope has de- 

 graded the Sauro- 

 cephalus from the 

 class of reptiles to 

 that of fishes. It 

 has settled the 

 doubts entertained 

 by some of the 

 highest authorities 

 in palaeontology as 

 to the true affinities 



icrt* n A "e~ m*v*fc<JCO O, gt- 

 ge, and is seen converted into bone 



A iL ~"""6" "*"* * 



at the upper portion. 



of the gigantic Me- 

 gatherium ; and by 



