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be no doubt that the animal belonged to the Old World section of the 

 Simise ; but it is probable that it is referable to a genus no longer extant. 

 M. Lartet has named this fossil species Pithecus antiquus. A portion 

 of another lower jaw, containing the canine and molar teeth, presents the 

 same characters. 



With these relics occurred, also, those of the Mastodon, Deinotherium, 

 Rhinoceros, Palaeotherium, gigantic Manis, Antelopes, Deer, and a large 

 carnivorous animal. 



The discovery of M. Lartet is not a solitary instance. Within the 

 last few years, the fossil reliquia of three species have been discovered 

 in the Sewalik Hills (a portion of the Sub-Himalayan range), imbedded 

 in a tertiary stratum. (See Journal of Asiatic Society of Bengal, vol. v. 

 p. 739, vol. vi. p. 357.) Two of these species are due to the researches 

 of Captains Falconer and Cautley, and one to the labours of Lieutenants 

 Baker and Durand. Figure 247 represents a portion of the upper jaw, 

 with the teeth, in two views, of the fossil species discovered by Baker and 

 Durand. Figure 248, a portion of the lower jaw of ^the two species 

 which we owe to the researches of Falconer and Cautley : they are given 

 of half the natural size. 



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Of these fossil Simiadae, one, as the fragments would indicate, probably 

 exceeded, in size, any living species of the present day ; the second was 

 also a large animal, far superior to the Entellus in size, but still inferior 

 to the first ; the third appears to have been about equal to the Entellus, 

 and was probably an Orang. 



Fossil remains of extinct Quadrumana have 'been discovered by Dr. 

 Lund, a Swedish naturalist, in the basin of the Rio des Velhas, in South 

 America ; and it is worthy of observation, that they evidently belong to 



