1^76.] Mr. F. J. BELL ON MOSCHUS MOSCUIFERUS. 185 



onTsf^^nn^^^'l^^'M''"^"" T''' '^''' three tendons unite into 

 one, strong and deeply situated, at the carpus. 



In the Sheep and Cennis, only two branches are formed by this 



tendon, one for the third phalanx of each median digit ; b^it in 



Mo.c^^.., shortly before reaching the metacarpo-phalangeal reg on 



rto this t '"'" 'fV^' ' ''^''''' ^*'"^«"' -'-'^h is inserted 

 ^to the third phalanx of the second and fifth digits respectively • 

 while the remainder, scarcely diminished in size, passes th^o igh tL 



tr^ Wifn.^' '' *'^ ^^"'"'^ "^' "^^ P^'-^°^^'-' ^^-^^'3^ ^f^- its 



in ^.''pi'<!.'l'"'''^"^Tu "*^ "^/''"' '" %«"^°*'^'^«*. according to Chatin ; 

 TherP y' ^T""u''^^ ^''' "'''''' '' ^'^'"^'"^ "^^° four distiifct branches! 

 mere are no lumbrical or interosseous muscles, as might be inferred 



kTbricaV nTf"" 'V'" '°"" °1'^" ™^'"^«- ^I/o.^oscAus ha^o .e 

 lumbrical and four interossei, as the Pig. 



II. Hind limb. 



to lot'e hT''- "''■''/^ ''^^^'^' ""^^ '■'"''^^^'''' ^° 'hat it was impossible 



Lb b I °'"' ?!■ ''Ti T''^"'' ^' h^^ ^''^ ^'^''^ i» the fore 

 Jimb but I saw nothing to lead me to suppose that there was any 

 variation from that which ordinarily obtains among Ruminants ^ 

 On lemoving the skin and fascia, it was very easy to separate on 

 mJZ "ft of the leg, in the tibial region, a largeSgula 

 mass of muscle, terminating in a tendon, which seemed to be inserted 



tne digits. Such an appearance is common enough in the hind limbs 



that the gastrocnemius sends a tendon to the digits *-the fact 

 being, indeed that the tendon which thus crosses, "as described by 

 Owen, over the calcaneum, but which is not inserted intoTt rthal 

 of they«.,^a... muscle, the arrangement of which was clearly pointed 

 out by Meckel t, in speaking of the Horse •— ^ pomtea 



sont con ondus ; ou, si 1 on vent, le dernier est avorte Le tendon 



du muscle se dirige d'abord au devant de celui du triceps de la S'be 

 [^. e. the gastrocnemius and soleus] ; arrive au calcaneum. ilsipkce 



rnuSi'"'^""' f"^^"'""' '' ^'.""^••^ ^ '' S-»de apophyse dfc 

 OS J , puis il se prolonge en avant.' t- t- j 



By others, again, the soleus has been considwed the muscle from 



which the perforated tendon arises, as Chatin says§:_ ^ 



. , '^"■'' Plusieurs auteurs, Stannius entre autres, le soleaire 



t .4nat. 00111)3. French ed. vol vi p 44-' 



