CHAPTER XI. 



THE HIND LIMBS. 



(Plates XLIV, XLV, XLVI, LV, and hVl.) 



The Iiind liniljs of tlie D'liioccrata liave a general resemblance to those 

 of Proboscidians, bnt the bones composing- them are comparatively 

 shorter, and more robnst. When the animal was standing at rest, the 

 posterior limb formed a strong and nearly vertical column. The contrast 

 in this respect between the hind and the fore limb has already been stated, 

 in the description of tlie latter in Chapter VII. 



The Femur, (Plate XLIV; and woodcuts 137-138, below.) 



The femni' in tlie Dhioccrdta is proportionally shorter than in the 

 elephant. It is much smoother throughout tlian the humerus, and is also 

 somewhat longer than that bone. 



The head of the femur is hemis))herica], and its axis makes an angle 

 of about fifteen degrees with the axis of the shaft of the bone. The 

 diameter of tl>e head is contained about five and one-half times in the 

 length of the femur. Tliei'e is no indication of any pit for the round 



