Thus, although snakes are held to be descended from lizards, and some of them have rudimentary legs even in the adult stage, others have no trace of limbs even in the egg, while they have vestiges of gills, and thus would seem to be visibly linked to ancient water-dwelling ancestors, and not to far more recent land-dwellers.
"The Old Riddle and the Newest Answer"
John Gerard
The Senate alone retained some vestiges of its old power, and still larger pretensions and antiquarian claims.
"Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius"
Samuel Dill
These Ceylon dagobas are only one class of monuments, and are to be considered in connection with other vestiges of vast public structures, the origin and purpose of which have been lost sight of in the lapse of ages.
"The Pearl of India"
Maturin M. Ballou