THE OX AND THE DAIliY. 



LARYNX OF HORSE. 



LARYNX OF OX. 



In both cuts the letters refer to the same parts : A. The 

 spur of the os hyoides. B. The base or greater cornu. c. 

 The inferior lateral cornu : c'. The middle cornu (wanting in 

 the horse). D. The superior lateral cornu. E. The epiglottis. 

 F. The arytenoid cartilage. G. The thyroid cartilage. H. the 

 cricoid cartilage. K. the cartilaginous rings of the trachea, 

 with their ligamentous interspaces. L. The rima glottidis, or 

 entrance into the windpipe, defended by E, the epiglottis ; 

 long, narrow, and pointed in the horse ; thick, rounded, and 

 curled in the ox. In the horse the elongated spur (A) binds 

 the tongue more tightly down, and interferes with its free- 

 dom ; while in the ox, the short tuberculous spur permits far 

 greater liberty of motion. The difference in the form of the 

 thyroid, cricoid, and arytenoid cartilages, is too palpable to 

 be overlooked. 



Intelligence. Intelligence appears to be more limited in 

 the ox than in the horse. The brain is comparatively smaller 

 in the former than in the latter ; and the ratio of intelligence 

 is probably in about the same proportion. But we must not 



