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animals, if we could see him to-day. He stood not 
higher than a fox-terrier dog, though his shape was 
very different. But he would probably be more likely 
to be classed with the dog than with the horse by the 
hasty observer, for he walked with four toes of each 
foot upon the ground as the dog does to-day. Like 
the dog, he had hanging at the inner side of his front 
foot a little useless toe. He was long in body, com- 
paratively short of leg, a little long of head and neck, 
and distinctly long of tail. His grinding teeth had 
points on them not unlike a pig’s, and possessed no 
apparent resemblance to the wonderful curved and 
ridged surfaces seen on the teeth of the modern horse. 
What his skin and hair were like can only be con- 
jectured. In the restoration which Mr. Knight has 
made, at the suggestion of Professor Osborne, an 
interesting inference has been drawn. That he was a 
creature of the forest is suggested by his spreading 
toes, which would keep him from sinking in the soft 
soil. It is consequently surmised that he was dap- 
pled with spots which allowed him to rest unnoticed 
on the sun-flecked floor of the forest. Mane he had 
none, and his tail was probably tufted slightly at the 
end with hairs, which were increasingly short as they 
approached the top. He had no forelock, and the 
hair along the ridge of his neck was a little longer 
than the rest, and stood erect. Browsing about on 
