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than tlie Flying Cat ; it lias relations, near and more dis- 

 tant, and is indeed one of tlie most remarkable creatures, 

 in tins respect, of any among the Insectivora, having 

 many affinities. This type is closely related to the 

 Elephant Shrews of South Africa {Meter oscelida?), but is 

 larger, heing about the size of a Rat ; the home of this 

 form is near Zanzibar (South-East Africa), and is 



Fig. 16. — Advanced Embryo of Rhynclwcijon cernei, from 

 Zanziljar, '4 uat. size. 



separated, therefore, from the Tenrec and his relations, 

 merely by the Mozambique Cliannel. As I have already 

 said, that Channel runs between a widely diverse 

 Flora and Fauna, types that arc very unrelated to 

 each other. I am indebted to Dr Dobson for a nearly 

 ripe embryo of this type; I liave, at present, merely 



