Smithsonian Report, 1919.—Neuville. PLATE 2. 
B C 
PIECE OF SKIN FROM FORE LEG OF AN INDIAN ELEPHANT. 
NATURAL SIZE. 
A. Section perpendicular to the surface, showing relation of dermis to 
epidermis; the dermis, whitish, about 2 em. thick, is overlaid by a 
blackish epidermis about 7 mm. thick; the corneous layer, formed 
of closely juxtaposed fingerlike masses, makes up nearly the whole 
of these 7 mm. 
B. Superficial aspect of the dermis after removal of the epidermis. 
C. Under surface of the epidermis. 
