THE STORY OF THE ELEPHANTS 265 
the evolution of the Proboscidia is solved at last ! It will not be 
necessary to go into many details in our attempt to explain this 
wonderful story. If the reader should go to the ISTatural History 
Fig. 100. — Skull and lower jaw of Mceritherium lyonsi, Middle Eocene of the 
I Fayum, Egypt. (After G. W. Andrews.) 
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: Museum at South Kensington he will be able to inspect the 
models of restored skulls which have been made at the Museum. 
Fig. 101. — Skull and lower Jaw of PalcBomastodon beadnelli, from the Upper 
Eocene of the Fayum, Egypt. (After 0. W. Andrews.) 
These are to be seen close to the elephant skeletons in the 
gallery devoted to fossil mammals. 
The four stages in the history of Elephants may be best 
illustrated by the four skulls shown in Figs. 100 to 103. The first 
belongs to the Mceritherium, which takes its name from the old 
