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MESSES. BEDDARD AND TREVES ON THE 



One point, however, which appears to have escaped the attention of Prof. Garrod, is 

 worth recording, and that is the presence of hoof-glands; close to the junction of the 

 callous pad which covers the sole of the foot with the integument at the base the aper- 

 tures of these glands were plainly visible on both fore and hind limbs. A dissection 



Hard palate. 



showed that these orifices were, in every case, continuous with a large oval gland 

 situated just beneath the integument. The presence of these glands in Eh. sondaicus is 

 worth calling attention to, inasmuch as they are not to be found, according to Garrod, 

 in Ceratorhinns sumatrensis ; they have been fully described by Sir Eichard Owen 1 in 



1 Trans. Zool. Soc. vol. iv. 



