The Kosekin word is 'athaleb.' Here you see the thin letter of Hebrew represented by the aspirated letter of the Kosekin language, while the aspirated Hebrew is represented by the Kosekin medial." "Too true," exclaimed Melick, in a tone of deep conviction; "and now, Oxenden, won't you sing us a song ?" "Nonsense," said Featherstone; "let the doctor tell us about the athaleb." "Well," resumed the doctor, "as I was saying, it must be undoubtedly the pterodactyl.

It is a most extraordinary animal, and is a species of flying lizard, although differing from the lizard in many respects.
It has the head and neck of a bird, the trunk and tail of an ordinary mammal, the jaws and teeth of a reptile, and the wings of a bat.

Owen describes one whose sweep of wings exceeded twenty feet, and many have been found of every gradation of size down to that of a bat.

There is no reason why they should not be as large as More says; and I for my part do not suspect him of exaggeration.

Some have supposed that a late, lingering individual may have suggested the idea of the fabulous dragon--an idea which seems to be in the minds of nearly all the human race, for in the early records of many nations we find the destruction of dragons assigned to their gods and heroes.