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the posterior edges, is twenty-two inches. Length in a straight 

 line, from the posterior side of the neck of the condyle obliquely 

 downwards and forwards to the point of the mandible, twenty- 

 eight inches ; from the same point in the neck of the condyle to 

 the anterior margin of the alveolus, twenty inches ; from the 

 anterior edge of the coronoid to the anterior margin of the al- 

 veolus, eight and three-fourths inches. Height of the ascending ra- 

 mus, seventeen inches ; of the coronoid, twelve inches ; of the 

 jaw at the anterior margin of the alveolus, eight and three-fourths 



Pig. 2. — Side view of Fig. 1. This figure having been engraved from a 

 photograph does not give the true proportions. Owing to the great 

 convexity of the object the front d b is diminished by the strong 

 perspective. 



inches. There are three pairs of mental foramina. The first 



or anterior foramen on the right side is three and a half 



inches; the second, four and a-half; and the third, five and 



a quarter inched, above the base of the jaw. On the left side 



