346 THE ELK AND 



between his teeth. We remarked, in the dif- 

 fedtion, that Nature had provided again' 1 this 

 inconveniency by the largeneis and itrengch 

 of the mufcles deilined to raife the upper lip. 

 We likewife found the articulations of the legs 

 clofely embraced by ligaments, the hardnefs 

 and thicknefs of which might give rife to the 

 opinion, that the alee, after lying down, was 

 unable to raife himfelf. .... His feet were 

 fimilar to thofe of the ftag ; only they were 



larger, and had no other peculiarity 



We remarked, that the large angle of the eye 

 was much more flit below than in the ftag, 

 the fallow deer, and the roebuck : It is fm- 

 gular, that this flit was not in the direction 

 of the opening of the eye, but made an angle, 

 with the line which goes from the one corner 

 of the eye to the other ; the inferior lachrymal 

 gland was an inch and a half long, by feven 



lines broad In the brain we found 



a part whofe magnitude feemed to point out 

 fome relation to the fenfe offmelling, which, 

 according to Paufanias, is more exquilite in the 

 elk ihan in any other animal ; for the olfac- 

 tory nerves, commonly called the mammillary 

 procjffcs, were incomparably larger than in 

 any other animal we ever diffj&ed, being 



more than four lines in diameter With 



regard to the lump of fleih which fome au- 

 thors have placed on his back, and others un- 

 c der his chin, if thev have not been deceived 



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