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CURIOSITIES

OF

NATURAL HISTORY.

AWFUL CHANGES.

Man found ONLY IN A FOSSIL STATE- ·REAPPEARANCE OF ICHTHYOSAURA.

RICH

RDSON.N

of the

A Lecture.—“ You will at once perceive," continued PROFESSOR ICHTHYOSAURUS, “that the skull before us belonged to some of the lower order of animals; the teeth are very insignificant, the jaws trifling, and altogether it seems wonderful how the creature could have procured food.

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NATURAL HISTORY,

BY

FRANCIS T. BUCKLAND, M.A.

STUDENT OF CHRIST CHURCH, OXFORD;

ASSISTANT SURGEON SECOND LIFE GUARDS; LATE HOUSE SURGEON OF
ST. GEORGE'S HOSPITAL.

From the Fourth London Edition.

NEW YORK:

RUDD & CARLETON, 130 GRAND STREET,

(Brooks Building, cor. of broadway.)

(BROOKS

MDCCCLIX.

In Memory of

THE FAТНЕК,

TO WHOSE EXAMPLE AND INSTRUCTION

I OWE

THAT TASTE FOR NATURAL HISTORY

WHICH HAS FURNISHED ME WITH AGREEABLE OCCUPATION

DURING THE

LEISURE HOURS OF MY PROFESSION.

E. ORAIGHEAD,
Printer, Stereotyper, and Electretyper,
Carton Building,

81, 83, and 85 Centre Strest.

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