When I found in La Plata the tooth of a horse embedded with the remains of Mastodon, Megatherium, Toxodon and other extinct monsters, which all co-existed with still living shells at a very late geological period, I was filled with astonishment;
La Platan lurpean zaldi baten hortza, egun ere bizi diren molusku batzuekin batera oso oraintsuko aldi geologiko batean bizi izan ziren Mastodon, Megatherium, Toxodon eta beste munstro iraungi batzuen hondakinen ondoan aurkitu nuenean, harri eta zur geratu nintzen;