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young male Giraffe, I have been enabled to confirm certain important 
discoveries previously made by myself in connexion with the intes- 
tinal canal, whilst, at the same time, I have some additional facts to 
contribute towards our knowledge of the development of the intra- 
cranial sinuses. The intestinal peculiarities above alluded to had 
been entirely overlooked by the Cuviers, Isidore and Etienne Geof- 
froy Saint-Hilaire, Home, Owen, and all other anatomists previous 
to the date when the facts I refer to were originally made public,— 
namely, at the meetiag of the British Association held at Glasgow 
in 1855; and it may also, with equal truth, I believe, be remarked, 
that no one has, since that time, had an opportunity of confirming 
or refuting the statements then and there set forth. The anomalous 
structures in question are briefly described in my article “ Rumi- 
nantia,”’ in the supplement to Dr. Todd’s ‘ Cyclopeedia of- Anatomy 
and Physiology,’ and they have also been specially noticed else- 
where*. 
The young Giraffe which so receutly formed an attractive feature 
in the Society’s menagerie was born in the Gardens on the 6th of 
July 1859. From the period of its birth until the day of its death, 
it had never exhibited any symptoms of indisposition, whilst its 
Sportive gambols and rapid growth were the subject of general 
remark. Early in the morning of the 2nd of December, on entering 
the Giraffe-house the keeper observed the animal struggling to raise 
itself from the ground, but, in spite of timely assistance, these efforts 
proved unavailing. It soon became apparent that the limbs were 
partially paralysed, and the animal expired in about two hours from 
the time it was first observed prostrate. The young Giraffe had 
clearly sustained some injury, which was in all probability occasioned 
by a kick from the mother, when the former was attempting to 
reach the teat. This supposition derives strength from the circum- 
stance that the mother would ailow lactation to be carried on only 
at certain intervals, and therefore the importunate cravings of the 
“fawn” frequently exposed it to rough usage, or even violent re- 
sistance. I am informed by the experienced keeper (on whose care 
the condition of the young animal up to the time of its death reflects 
* Bearing upon this subject, I have contributed the following papers, notices, 
&e.:— 
1. Account of the Dissection of a Giraffe. Physiological Soc. Rep. in Edin. 
Month. Journal for April 1854. 
. 2. Notes on the Anatomy of the Giraffe. Communicated to the Royal Physical 
Soc. of Edin., and published in the Ann. and Mag. of Nat. Hist. for June 1854, 
3. Description of a New Species of Trematode infesting the Giraffe. Read at 
the Glasgow Meeting of the Brit. Assoc. Sept. 1855. See Reports. Also pub- 
lished, with a coloured plate, in Edin. New. Phil. Journal, Oct. 1855. 
4, On a remarkable pouched condition of the Glandule Peyeriane in the 
Giraffe. Edin. New Phil. Journ. for Jan. 1856, with a coloured plate. Also 
noticed in British Assoc. Rep. for the preceding year. 
5. See also, under “ Intestinal Glands,”’ additional observations, Article ‘‘ Ru- 
minantia,” in Supp. to Dr. Todd’s Cyclopedia of Anat. and Physiol. p. 539, with 
two figures. 1859. 
6. Also a brief notice (with good fig.) in the Mammalian Division of the 
“Museum of Natural History,” in the general characters of the Order Rumi- 
nantia, vol. i. diy. i. p. 157, 1860. : : 
