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ELEPHANT REMAINS IN CANADA. 



the height of the first is three and a-half, of the second five, and 

 of the third five and a-half inches. The distance through the 

 symphysis, in"a straight line between the two foramina of the first 

 pair is five inches ; of the second pair, six and a quarter ; and of 

 the' third pair, nine and a quarter inches. The thickness of the 

 jaw (including the molar) at the anterior edge of the coronoid is 

 eight inches. 



The form^of the symphysis differs from that of E. primigenius 

 as'figured by Cuvier, Owen and others. On the underside the 



Fig. 3. — Outlines of Fig. 2, giving the proportions more nearly. 



length along the median line (c. to d., fig. 1) is five and a-half 

 inches, including the mandible, which latter is one and a-hal* 

 inch in length. The most elevated point of the symphysis, is at 

 two and^a-half inches in advance of a line erected perpendicularly 

 from^the posterior margin, or nearly half way between c and d> 

 The height of this point is three and three-fourths inches above th e 



