ver-horse. Its legs were nearly ten feet long, and yet not raised very high above the ground. Its head was probably seldom raised above the water, and it had a proboscis like an elephant. It had a pair of strong, long tusks, secured to the under jaws and curved downwards, similar to the walrus. These tusks were probably used as pickaxes to dig vegetables for food, and perhaps to serve as anchors to attach them to the banks

The Dinotherium.

of rivers or lakes where they dwelt during sleep. It was the largest of all the herbivorous quadrupeds. The tusks may also have been used for defence. and for dragging the body out of the water.

Its remains have been found in the tertiary strata in France, Austria, Bavaria, and Hesse Darmstadt.

The MAMMOTH, the MASTODON, and ELEPHANT appear to have been contemporary with the dinotherium, but geologists have not as yet been able to ascertain the time when they became extinct. The mastodon appears to have been widely spread over the earth.

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