iMi.nn .\.\ Mi'si:!.]/ (.rim: lkaflkts 



I'ciiKiiiis :iii(l restore llic luriii and lial)ilat not only of I host' extinct species 

 known to oni- j)i"eliistoi'ic ancc-^lors. hnl (»t I lien* ancestors [iiid predecessors 

 of oldei' ncolo^ic epochs, and lo trace the history and ex'ohition of the 

 race, may he some j)aniation foi- the \Nidesj)read destrnction and extinction 

 of the lirealer (|ua(h*iipeds that has accompanied the de\ {'h)pmejit of ci\il- 

 i/.alion. 



