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inches. Nevertheless, in this state, the 

 bones having become firmly united, the 

 shortened muscle acquired a new sphere of 

 contraction. The particulars of this last 

 case are recorded by Sir Everard Home, 

 in a Cromian lecture, published in the Phi- 

 losophical Transactions for 1795. 



Mr. Hunter next displays the anatomical 

 facts relating to the formation of bone, and 

 exhibits specimens of that variety, the black 

 periosteum of the silk fowl of Guinea. He 

 also shews the various kinds of joints and 

 substances by which the bones are con- 

 nected. The formation of shell, and the 

 growth of horns, are likewise exhibited by 

 various preparations. As these subjects 

 have been already considered in this thea- 

 tre, I have no wish to say any thing about 

 them on the present occasion, except in 

 reference to one particular. 



Every one at all acquainted with the mind 

 of Hunter must be assured that he could 

 not fail to be much interested with the facts 

 relating to the annual renewal of the stag's 



