"You will at once perceive," continued Professor Ichthyosaurus, "that the skull [indicating a human skull] before us belonged to some of the lower order of animals; the teeth are very insignificant, the power of the jaws trifling, and altogether it seems wonderful how the creature could have procured food."


Curiosities of Natural History - Frontispiece, R. Bentley & Son. 1890-1891

Francis Trevelyan Buckland Quotes

You will at once perceive, continued Professor Ichthyosaurus, that the skull [indicating a human skull] before us belonged to some of the lower order ...

You will at once perceive, continued Professor Ichthyosaurus, that the skull [indicating a human skull] before us belonged to some of the lower order ...

You will at once perceive, continued Professor Ichthyosaurus, that the skull [indicating a human skull] before us belonged to some of the lower order ...

You will at once perceive, continued Professor Ichthyosaurus, that the skull [indicating a human skull] before us belonged to some of the lower order ...