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You are an American, ay wot? Wot d' you suppose the blighter said? He said, 'No, I'm an ichthyo' somethin' or other " "Ichthyosaurus, perhaps," supplied the Caracunuan, smiling. "That's it, whatever it may be. 'I'm an ichthyosaurus, he says. 'It's a very old family, but most of the buttons are off. Were you ever bitten by one in the fossil state? Very exhilaratin', but poisonous, he says.
And if they wanted fish, the Ichthyosaurus was asked for he was twenty to forty feet long, so there was plenty of him. And for poultry there was the Plesiosaurus; there were nice pickings on that too. Then the other children could wish for other things.
But soon the end of the beast approached nearer and nearer; his movements slackened visibly; his contortions almost ceased; and at last the body of the mighty snake lay an inert, dead mass on the surface of the now calm and placid waters. As for the Ichthyosaurus, has he gone down to his mighty cavern under the sea to rest, or will he reappear to destroy us? This question remained unanswered.
A deadened burst of mighty splashes and snorts reached us from afar, as though an ichthyosaurus had been taking a bath of glitter in the great river. 'After all, said the boiler-maker in a reasonable tone, 'why shouldn't we get the rivets? Why not, indeed! I did not know of any reason why we shouldn't. 'They'll come in three weeks, I said confidently. "But they didn't.
In the shallow waters of the oolitic formation, the ichthyosaurus, plesiosaurus, and other huge saurian carnivora of the preceding age, plied, in increased numbers, their destructive vocation. To them were added new genera, the cetiosaurus, mososaurus, and some others, all of similar character and habits.
A mosaic tells the tale of a society, as the skeleton of an ichthyosaurus opens up a creative epoch. All things are linked together, and all are therefore deducible. Causes suggest effects, effects lead back to causes. Science resuscitates even the warts of the past ages.
It wearily dragged itself down to the edge of the pool, and looked backwards to the Kangaroo and Dot, who called out "Good-bye" to it. Its eyes were dim with tears, for it was still thinking of the Iguanodon and ichthyosaurus, and of the good old days before the Flood. "It breaks my heart to think that they are all fossils," it exclaimed, mournfully shaking its head.
In the westerly cases of the room the visitor should notice the fossil sea lizards divided into two families the Plesiosaurus, and the Ichthyosaurus. The plesiosaurus was an extraordinary reptile, of gigantic size, the length of whose neck exceeded that of its body and tail.
Wait till father Congdon sees Putney and you'll hear an imitation of the ichthyosaurus singing its song of hate." Carey's launch had effected a half circle round Heart o' Dreams landing and was now drawing nearer. There were two men aboard and Leary, having put himself between the launch and the tug, signaled the Governor by lifting one arm high over his head, and then extending it horizontally.
But when people had dinner-parties it was nearly always Megatheriums; and Ichthyosaurus, because his fins were a great delicacy and his tail made soup. 'There must have been heaps and heaps of cold meat left over, said Anthea, who meant to be a good housekeeper some day. 'Oh no, said the Psammead, 'that would never have done. Why, of course at sunset what was left over turned into stone.
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