60 MIGHTY ANIMALS 



age of fossils is in itself a science and one which is 

 every year advancing. 



After all the bones of the Dinosaur had been freed 

 from their prisons, there was still much to do before 

 the skeleton could be put together. Certain parts 

 were missing and these had to be made out of plaster 

 of Paris. Some of the ribs on one side were lacking, 

 but it was not a difficult matter to replace them 

 with artificial ones exactly like the ribs on the other 

 side. As there was but one hind foot, another was 

 made to match it. A portion of one of the front 

 legs had to be pieced out ; but there was less of such 

 work to be done on this skeleton than is usually the 

 case with such large specimens. 



All the necessary pieces having been supplied, the 

 men put the skeleton together just as it had been in 

 life. Their knowledge of living animals was an aid 

 to them in this part of their work, for, while this 

 Dinosaur was different from any animal ever seen by 

 man, he still had a head and neck, a backbone and a 

 tail, legs and feet, and these were joined together 

 much after the manner of living animals. So, the 

 more a man who prepares one of these fossil skeletons 



