SPRINGHEAD SPECIMENS. 315 



ing the hook at tlie extremity, is five and a half inches, and 



hg- 133 



the width across the sole between the clips is four and a 

 half inches ; behind this part it contracts very consider- 

 ably, and in bending slightly upwards expands a little. 

 Figure 134 is altogether a larger instrument. Its 



fig- 134 



length within the front and back hooks is six and a half 



