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CLASS, MAMMALIA. 



ORDER, SIRENIA. 



HALICORIDJE. 



825. HALICORB DCQONO, Daub. 



a. Oil obtained from the dugong. 

 Note. For an account of this oil, se P. <7. [3] , vol. ill., p. 3. 



ORDER, CETACEA. 

 PHYSETERIDM. 



826. PHTSETKR MACROCEPHALDS, L. (Great Cachalot, Sperm Whale.) 



a. One of the vertebrae. Presented by Messrs. Hopkin <k 



Williams. 

 6. Oleaginous fluid found in the head of the sperm whale, 



from which spermaceti is obtained. 



c. Sperm oil, as imported. 



d. Spermaceti. 



Note. The bones of the whale, of which a is a specimen, were im- 

 ported a few years since as a source of superphosphate manure. For an 

 account of the production of spermaceti, see Moquin-Tandon, Med. Zool., 

 p. 94 ; Per. Mat. Med., vol. ii., pt. ii., p. 798. 



ORDER, UNGULATA. 



HIPPOPO TA MID& . 



827. HIPPOPOTAMUS AMPHIBIUS, L. 



a. Teeth. 



Note. Formerly used in the manufacture of artificial teeth. Moquin- 

 Tandon, Med. Zool., p. 81. 



SUIDJE. 



828. Sus SCROFA, L. 



a. Lard oil. 



EQUIDM. 



829. EQUUS CABALLUS, L. 



a. Calculus. 



Note. This specimen was taken from the intestine of a large cart- 

 horse, belonging to Mr. Rice, miller, of Nutshalling, near Southampton. 

 It is globular; its circumference is 22 inches, and its weight 9j 

 pounds. Analysed by Professor Attfield, it was found to consist almost 

 entirely of ammonio-phosphate of magnesium. See P. J. (2), yol. iv., 

 p. 242. 



BOV1DM. 



830. Bos TAURUS, L. 



a. Prepared beef marrow. 

 I. Bone shavings. 



