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accompanying figure (text-fig. 25), which does not, however, 

 show the complete series. In order to abbreviate the figure 

 conveniently, only a certain number of the anterior arteries are 

 shown ; but nothing is lost by this omission, since after the point 



Text-fiff. 25. 



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A 



# Q 



Commencing aorta of Hippopotamus cut open to show orifices of intercostal 



arteries. 



A. Cluster of intercostal and bronchial arteries. B. Series of regular intercostals. 



at which the drawing ends the arteries have the same regular 

 arrangement as in the latter part of that section of the aorta 

 which is represented in the figure. The series commences with 

 a pair of equisized apertures lying side by side. These are, I take 



