MEGATHERIUM. 
i4n 
^onnected contrivances, in the mechanism of a 
^^eature apparently the most monstrous, and 
tio present the most ill-assorted propor- 
*i ’ . occur throughout the entire range of 
"'e anunal kingdom. 
(see ^efore us a gigantic quadruped, 
not onl ’ll '®' ' ’ appears 
nembe.8 also seem moongmous, and clumsy if 
eonsidered with a view to the functions and tov 
responding limbs of ordinary quadrupeds ; let us 
Illy ejiamine them with the aid of that clue 
w iich IS our best and essential guide in everv’ 
mves igation of the mechanism of the animal 
frame ; let us first infer from the total composi- 
on and capabilities of the machinery, what was 
port t ’nmt i”- 
1 ortant parts, namely, the feet and teeth 
ourse ves acquainted with the food these organs 
Shan fi T “n^tioate ; and we 
shall find every other member of the body act- 
An the Year 18*^0 a r* ’ ^ * pnrt Z, p. 519 . — 
“ Ensland by W 00 .IU were brought 
Ae Royal Cnllp f placed in the museum of 
Ae 'Trans Geo^ S ^"^geons m London, and will be described 
Mr. Clift " Part 3, by my friend 
1 Ifave deritS" anatomical knowledge, 
animal investigation of L 
