Smith, Hamilton Lanphere, 1819-1903. [from old catalog] · Cleveland, M. C. Younglove and company · leaf 326
ts ofthe eastern continent, the elephants were congregated in im-mense numbers, and the plains of North America coveredwith herds of mastodons, another and more singular animal,allied to the sloth, lived in the forests of South America ; we re*fer to the Megatherium, or great beast* In the museum… … comparing the figure with that of an ordinary sized man, drawnto the same scale. Its length is nineteen feet, breadth across theloins, six feet, and height, nine feet. The feet of the hind legsset at right angles, as in the bear; the heel projects behind, fifteeninches, and the toes, armed with…
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