FOOTNOTES
[1] The Natural History of the Hartz Forest (Hercynia Curiosa), translated from the German of H. Behrens, M.D., by John Andree, 1670, p. 41.
[2] Florus, lib. iii. c. x. Delphin. 4to. 1714, p. 112.
[3] Since this was written, Sir C. Lyell has withdrawn his term “Post-pleiocene” in favour of Pleistocene. (“Antiquity of Man,” 4th edition, 1873.)
[4] Hist. Anim. vol. i. Folio, 1603. Article “Monoceras.”
[5] Described by Professor Owen, Quart. Geol. Journ. p. 417. See Hanbury on “Chinese Materia Medica,” 1862, 8vo. p. 40. Some of the dragons’ teeth were found in caves by Mr. Swinhoe.
[6] Hercynia Curiosa.
[7] See Cuvier, Oss. Foss. vol. iv. pp. 290 et seq.
[8] The references are to be found in Cuvier, top. cit. and in Buckland, “Reliquiæ Diluvianæ,” 4to. 1822. Most of them I have verified.
[9] Phil. Trans. 1817, p. 176.