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and full, with its deep hollow directed forwards and out- 

 wards. 



IV HI 



FIG. 224. Under-surface of cat's 

 fore-paw. I, II, IU, IV, V, the 

 five toes, I being the pollex; 

 o, trilobed pad which hes be- 

 neath the ' distal ends of the 

 metacarpal bones; *, pad be- 

 neath the pisiform bone of the 

 wrist. 



FIG. 225. Under-surface of hind- 

 paw. II, III, IV, V, the respec- 

 tive four digits, a, pad beneath 

 the metatarsal bones; /(, heel. 



Now observe the limbs (Figs. 224:, 225). The front pair 

 is shorter than the hind legs, and each limb consists of an, 



