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right ribs rnust therefore have been violently broken and 

 carried over to the left side, where, if this mode of view- 

 ing the subject be correct, the sternum must likewise lie 

 concealed below the termination of the ribs. The small 

 bone dependent above the upper ribs of the left side, ap- 

 pears to be the right clavicle. The right os humeri is 

 lost; of the left nothing remains except the condyles in 

 connexion with the fore-arm, which is in the state of pro- 

 nation ; the radius of this side exists nearly in its full 

 length, while of the ulna the lower part only remains, 

 which is considerably pushed upwards. Of the two 

 bones of the right fore-arm, the inferior terminations are 

 seen. Both the rows of the bones of the wrists are lost, 

 but the whole metacarpus of the left hand is displayed, 

 together with part of the bones of the fingers : the first 

 joint of the fore-finger rests on the upper ridge of the os 

 pubis; the two others, detached from their metacarpal 

 bones, are propelled downwards, and situated at the in- 

 ner side of the femur, and below the foramen magnum 

 ischii of this side. Vestiges of three of the fingers of the 

 right hand are likewise visible, considerably below the 

 lower portion of the fore-arm, and close to the upper ex- 

 tremity of the femur. The vertebrae may be traced along 

 the whole length of the column, but are in no part of it 

 well defined. Of the os sacrum, the superior portion 

 only is distinct ; it is disunited from the last vertebra and 

 the ilium, and driven upwards. The left os ilium is near- 

 ly complete, but shattered, and one of the fragments de- 

 pressed below the level of the rest; the ossa pubis, 

 though well defined, are gradually lost in the mass of the 

 stone. On the right side, the os innominatum is complete- 

 ly shattered, and the fragments are sunk ; but towards 

 the acetabulum, part of its internal cellular structure is 

 discernible. 



