5d6 DR. J. MURIE ON THE ANATOMY OF THE SEA-LION. 
itself. But it may be said that continuity of fleshy fibre, altered, however, in direction, 
carries their stages of contraction and relaxation onwards to the palm, through the 
subcutaneous musculo-tendinous sheet of the pectoralis major, which clothes in great 
part the inner surface of the forearm. 
Group representing the Sea-lion (Otaria jubata) in a variety of positions on land and in the water. Each of the 
figures is from an original drawing, taken whilst the specimen was exhibited in the Society’s gardens. 
A deeper layer of voluminous muscle and wonderfully strong carpal tendon is another 
potent agent which partially fulfils similar functions. This is accomplished, however, 
