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passes without any change of character. There is no articular sur- 
face between this bone and the scaphoid. Of the nature of the sur- 
faces on the sides and of the opposed ones of the fossa I must speak 
with some reserve. The opposed sides of the ossicle and of the first 
cuneiform, though smooth, seem to me to show no sign of any kind 
of joint or of connection. The opposed sides of it and the second 
cuneiform are in the main like the others, but near the lower thin 
edge of the wedge there are some hints of a possible cartilaginous 
non-articular union. The photograph is taken from a position that 
shows the line between the ossicle and the second cuneiform much 
Putereun, 
aU 
