PLATE XVIII. 



Fu;. 56. Network of elastic fibres from the frc.sh mesentery of a rabbit, treated with dilute acetic ncid. 

 a the network is more superficial than in b. p. 34. (Oc., 3; O'>j.. 7 . ) 



FIG. 57. Longitudinal section of Intetrertebnl cartilage of the tail of a rabbit. The preparation was 

 coloured with chloride of gold, then macerated in dilute chromic acid, and hardem-d in alcohol, r,. Clrar 

 hyaline cartilage. . Border between hyaline and (c) i:nnin'.-t i>. 



consists (as in tendon) of bundles of nmm-ctixe tissue. In < .Ion cells, are others \vhichin 



general arrangement resemble them, 1 ait which, in consequence of their fo r ui and structural character, must 

 be regarded as cartilage cells. (Oc., 3; Obj., 8.) 



