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firmly in the body-wall, and beneath its surface, into an organ 

 of locomotion. 



"May I express the hope that what I have said is sufficient 

 to show in what a state of uncertainty our views are regarding 

 the morphological nature of the paired fins, and upon what an 



a 



FIG. 61. Embryos of Heterodontus japonicus Maclay and Macleay, a Ces- 

 traciont shark, showing the backward migration of the gill-arches and the forward 

 movement of the pectoral fin. a, b, c, representing different stages of growth. 

 (After Dean.) 



exceedingly slender basis rest both of the two views which at 

 present hold the field? " 



As to the backward migration of the ventral fins, Dr. Bash- 

 ford Dean has recently brought forward evidence from the 

 embryo of a very ancient type of shark (Heterodontus japonicus) 

 that this does not actually occur in that species. On the other 



