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GIANTS AVD PIGMrES. 



Meg'ilosaunis of the Oolitic. (The preceding and this are com- 

 prehended in the Jurassic). . :. , 

 It,'uanodon8 and Hyalosanrns of the Wealden. 

 Mososaiinis of tlie Chalk Period. 

 Palacotheriiun and Anoplotherium of the Tertiary. 

 Stag and Irish Elk Megatherinm of the Quaternary Period. 



These restorations which are well executed were done 

 under the superintendence of Prof. Owen and Waterhouse 

 Hawkins. The whole, geoloii;ical and palaeontolo<Tical, was an 

 educational project of II. E. H. Prince Albert. Each and all 

 of these Giants, not already noticed, will come under review 

 at the proper periods in the sequel. 



24;. Tn 1883 we revisited this int':>restin(i[ spot and 

 renewed our acquaintance with its inhal)itants. "We found the 

 geological portion neglected, dilapidated and obscured. The 

 haunt of mor-ters had become wild with overgrown vegetation, 

 and therefore more natunil. The lapse of twenty-one yeans 

 had also told oX\ the monsters, and they are therefore the 

 worse of the wear. We would revert to them in their prime 

 (in 1862). Tlien as now, the most prominent is the Ljuanodon 

 .^fnnfel/i (Owen). It is so called as its teeth very much 

 resemble those of Iguana, a reptile now inhabiting the West 

 Indies and Central America. In our Museum we have two- 

 stuffed specimens. Tlie teeth of these have been compared 

 with the beautiful figures of the teeth of the Iguanodon in 

 Buckland's ]>ridgewater Treatise. The resemblance is suffi- 

 ciently striking. The restored Iguanodon, in form, resembles 

 iguana. Its proportioup however, are colossal. We have the 

 ingenious and enthusiastic restorer — small in stature — on <i 

 ladder aloft on the monster's sides describing this and hia 

 other works with which' he is surrounded. Like the Iguana, 

 its back is bristly. The bristles are large and formidable as 

 befitting the proportions of the giant. We suggest to Hawkins 

 a ride on its back— a grin and a shake of the head. The 

 President and I get a look into the insitle. It is capacioua 

 My friend informs me that after the work of restoration was 

 completed, H. R. H. Prince Albert and a party of 18 or 1^ 

 dined in the interior bikI found sufficient accamiuodation. It 



