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so perfect that the gigantic elephant excels them 

 not in completeness of structure and in the 

 adaptability of the members of its body for 

 subsistence and defence .... 



" So science spreads open the secrets of the 

 past and unfolds the pages of nature, impressed 

 with traces of her pristine inhabitants — footprints 

 of birds of gigantic size — raindrops showing the 

 direction in which they fell, though the waves 

 which have caused them have long ceased to 

 exist ; and the bones of huge monsters are 

 stamped and preserved in the strata of the earth, 

 which, like the leaves of a book, are placed above 

 each other in consecutive order. 



M Let us take a glance at the animals which 

 walked the earth previous to the creation of man. 

 One of the most remarkable denizens of the land 

 was the pterodactylus, which was half -bird, 

 half-mammal and half-reptile. With the head 

 and teeth of a crocodile its power of destruction 

 was tremendous — having the neck of a swan it 

 could seize the helpless fish — with wings of a bat 

 it might be found clinging to the rocks, while its 

 feet were so constructed that it could run over 

 land or swim in water. 



" How many feel disgust and repugnance at 

 the sight of a frog, yet with what dread and 

 terror would we behold the iguanodon, whose 



