162 PROF. W. H. FLOWER ON THE MUSK-DEER. [ Mar. 16, 
The number of ridges in front of the first premolar is ten on each 
side ; and five or six may be counted behind; but the last are very 
indistinct. The soft palate extends about an inch behind the last 
molar, roofing over a portion of the fauces, which is much contracted 
and tubular, and ends by a straight sharp border. 
Fig. 1. 
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The palate, natural size. 
The general form of the palate differs from that of the Roe, and 
more resembles that of Tragulus in the widening opposite the canines, 
evidently in relation with the great development of these teeth in the 
male. It also differs from the Roe and approaches Tragulus in the 
ridges being less regularly placed and less strongly imbricated and 
denticulated. In the last-named animal the ridges, though strongly 
