PKOCEEDINGS 



BOSTON SOCIETY OF NATURAL HISTORY. 



TAKEN FEOM THE SOCIETY'S EECOEDS. 



January 1, 1862. 

 The President in the chair. 



Mr. "Wilder described the muscles which move the snout of 

 the hog. The elevator has a very long tendon, and its mus- 

 cular attachment is very far back, protected by a long ridge, 

 and safe from all ordinary accidents ; the depressor, on the 

 contrary, is very short, and attached very near the terminal 

 cartilage, both muscles of the important organ being thus 

 protected from injury. He remarked that while we consider 

 the long snout of the hog, compared with that of common 

 animals, as a sign of what we know to be his beastly nature, 

 yet the same organ, still further prolonged into the ti-unk of 

 the elephant, changes its function with the nature of the 

 animal so as to be capable of executing very various and 

 delicate motions. So that it is not always safe to take a 

 single organ as an index of the nature of the possessor. 



Mr. Marcou observed, in regard to deep-sea soundings, 

 that a Norwegian naturalist had recently obtained, by means 

 of the same instruments used by Capt. McClintock and Dr. 

 Wallich, between Cape North and Spitzbergen, living ani- 

 mals from a depth of 8400 feet (more than 1^ miles) ; at this 



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