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Cygnus Falconeri was fully one third larger than 

 our present swan. Its remains have been found at 

 G-andia and Mnaidra. The Myoxus a gigantic fossil 

 dormouse, as big in proportion to the living species 

 as a good-sized rabbit is to a brown rat existed 

 in large numbers. A lizard larger than a chameleon 

 and a hnge fresh water tortoise have also been met 

 with. Carnivorous animals were not wanting for the 

 elephants' bones found at Zebbug showed marks of 

 fierce and eager gnawing. The bones of a ruminant 

 allied to the goat or sheep have been unearthed 

 near Crendi. No traces of implements or of man's 

 presence amongst these long extinct animals have as 

 yet been discovered. Those who wish to pursue 

 this subject further are referred to the " Notes of 

 a Naturalist iu the Nile Valley and Malta" by Dr. 

 Adams, Captain Spratt's f< Geology of the Maltese 

 Islands," Seddall's "Malta Past and Present," 

 Tallack's " Malta under the Phoenicians, Knights, 

 and English" and other kindred works too numerous 

 to name. 



