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On the discovery of 



nillied very accurate meafures in his tables at the end 

 of liuffou's Natural Hillory of the lion. Thefe meafures 

 were taken as he* informs us from " a large lion of 

 Africa," in which quarter the largeft -f- are faid to be pro- 

 duced. 1 fliall fele£l from his meafures only thofe where 

 we have the correlponding bones, converting them into 

 our own inch and its fractions, that the comparifon may 

 be more obvious : and to avoid the embarraffment of de- 

 fignating our animal always by circumlocution and def- 

 cription, 1 will venture to refer to him by the name of 

 the Great-Claw or Megalonyx, to which he feems fut- 

 ficiently entitled by the diftinguiflied fize of that member. 



Length of the ulna, or fore-arm 



Height of the olecranum 



Breadth of the ulna, from the point of 



the coronoide apophyfis to the extre 



mity of the olecranum 

 Breadth of the ulna at its middle 

 Thicknefs at the fame place 

 Circumference at (he fame place 

 Length of the radius 

 Breadth of the radius at its head 

 Circvmiference at its middle 

 Breadth at its lower extremity 

 Diameter of the lower extremity of the"^ 



femur at the bafe ef the two con- ^ 



dyles - - - J 



Tranfverfe diameter of the larger con- 7 



dyle at its bafe ) 



Circumference of both condyles at their 7 



bafe - - \ 



Megalonyx. 

 lucbes 



20.I 



3-5 

 9-5S 



4.2 



3- 

 11.65 



Ijion. 

 Inches. 



>3-7 



1.85 



2.65 



* BufFon, XVIII. 5fi. Paris ediiion in 31 vols. izmo. 

 I 2. De Rlanet, 117. 



Diameter 



