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ODOBJLNUS llOSMAKUS ATLANTIC WALEUS. 



curved tusks near the posterior angle of tlie mouth, and long 

 spines from the chin, throat, head, and back. * A tifth t is a 



Fig, 6."I}osma)-iis. Gesncr, Adtleuda, 3G8, 1C<, 1560. (Rcdnced one- 



iiintli.)" 



creature having a swinish head, with long, ascending ,tusks in 

 the lower jaw, four short, clawed feet, and a rather long, cylin- 



FtG. 7. "Vacca marina. Gesuer, Addenda, p. 369, 1560." 



drical body wrapped in armor ! Another is a monstrous sea 

 animal, with a circle of long spines around the head, and tufts 

 of spines from the nostrils and chin, four feet, the *anterior only 

 with claws, a forked tail with the points laterally recurved, and 



* See Fig. 6, copied by Gray from Gesner. 

 tSee Fig. 7, copied by Gray from Gesner. 



