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162 



Annan's Accoimi of a Skeleton. 



Tlie two innermost were 



ily alike, and also the two 



■'^ 



those 



hich had been placed next the for 



teeth 



E'lch of the innermost measured three inches and a 



half in breadth, and four and a half inches in length 

 of the two outermost measured 



Each 



alf 



th, rather more than 



inches, and in breadth, some^Yhat more than three and 



breadth towards the fore- 



hut declined 



teeth. Two of these grind 



had 



the 



remained but the hard hollow ivory case, 

 retained each so much of the cor as was above 



or, and nothing 

 The other two 



£ruins 



which 



4 



of my 



ed 







^vere apertures for the insertion of the nerves; the 



of these apertures with difficulty admitted the point 



gly indent- 



of them ; 

 they must have stood in 



furrows across that 



These grinders 



deep furrow runs 



the whole length 



and, when placed two and 



there were four indentures 



tub 



which divided the surface of each pair into ten pro 

 L rising in a pyramidical- form, the perpendicula] 



heiarht of the highest of 



o 



which was about 



inch and one 



tenth. 



I shouM here remark, that each of the innermost 



, grinders had four of these protuberances, and each of the 



outermost six : but some of them were 



bly worn 



down by the animal's grinding its food ; and it was easy to 

 perceive, not only on the superficies, but also on the sides 



of some of the 



m, evident 



marks of friction : the innermost 



chiefly bore these marks. The protuberances are rough, 

 and of a dark grey colour; but w^hen smoothed, by friction, 

 appeared white and polished, as the finest ivory. What 

 could this animal be? Certainly not a marine monster, for 



it 



