130 THE NATURAL HISTOET OF 



forehead to the setting on of the neck, was thirteeir 

 inches and a half, and the other parts in a like remark, 

 able proportion. The lower jaw with the teeth, is 

 given by Dr Abel of the natural size, and the figure 

 which we have copied on page 131 will give a better 

 idea of its magnitude than a detail of its mea- 

 surement. The annexed cut of the canine tooth 

 extracted, is taken from a cast in the Royal Society's 



Museum in Edinburgh. We add also a delineation 

 of the upper teeth, from a plate by Dr Abel, which 



are remarkable for the breadth of the centre cutting 

 teeth, and the narrowness of the lateral ones ; and in 



