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whereas in the African (708/) and an old foot of the Indian (2543, R. C. S.) there 
are two facets for the second cuneiform. 
1. The right cuneiform (Pl. XVII. fig. 2) appertains most probably to naviculare 
fig. 1, both having been discovered side by side. Like it, the bone in question is 
scarcely equal to the same of the young Asiatic (2677 4), which is somewhat smaller 
than the other fossil cuneiform above-mentioned of the left foot from the same 
locality. 
2. The second specimen, like the last, shows all the characters of the mature bone, 
with its rough exterior and well-marked facets. The entire length and breadth are 2°8 by 
1:7 inch, thickness 0°8. As usual, the naviculare surface is concave and 2 by 1:4 inch, 
the same, or almost the same, being the dimensions of the metatarsal; the latter, how- 
ever, does not show the exact boundaries of its articular surfaces, which Cuvier seems 
to consider diagnostic of the feet of the two living species *. 
Middle Cuneiform. 
The only representative of this bone in my collection is the perfect specimen repre- 
sented in Pl. XVII. fig. 3. It shows the anterior surface of a left meso-cuneiforme 
from Mnaidra Gap, where it was discovered in close proximity to the external cunei- 
forms just described, and in all probability belonged to the larger of the two. The 
apex (a) is here rounded, such as is usually observed in the young bone of the Indian 
and Mammoth, the adult (including the African) having it more or less curved. But the 
2. 
Middle Cuneiform of the African (1), Asiatic (2), and Maltese (3) Elephants. 
dorsal surface rises to a point (4) internally, and is also distinct from either recent bones, 
which, again, differ more or less from one another. At all events, that of 708 h (African, 
1 Ossem. Fossiles, tome i. pp. 497 & 572. 
