44 DESCRIPTION OF AN ENTIRE HEAD 



From the superior extremity of the tuberosity of the ischium of one side, to 

 the corresponding point of the other, one foot six inches. 



Transverse diameter of sacrum, at base, eleven inches; length, one foot five 

 and a half inches. 



Antero-posterior diameter of pelvis, at superior strait, one foot six inches. — 

 Transverse diameter of same strait, one foot nine inches. 



From anterior point of symphysis pubis to posterior of symphysis ischii, one 

 foot five inches. 



From anterior superior spinous process of ilium to symphysis pubis, two feet 

 four inches. 



From one anterior superior spinous process to the other, four feet eight 

 inches, and little further back four feet ten inches for the extreme breadth of 

 the pelvis. 



From the middle of crista of ilium to inferior point of tuber of ischium, three 

 feet six inches. 



Diameters of thyroid foramen eight and five inches. 



Diameter of acetabulum six and a half inches. 



RIBS. 



The ribs resemble those of the Elephant : their length appears to be the 

 same, but their size is greater in about the same proportion with the other bones. 



The first rib measures in length nineteen and a half inches, and has very dis- 



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tinct processes marking the insertion of the scalenus anticus and medius mus- 

 cles, and depressions also well marked for the subclavian artery and subcla- 

 vian vein. The longest rib in the collection measures three feet seven inches 

 along its outer convex edge. 



EXTREMITIES. 



The conformation of the bones of the anterior and posterior extremities is 

 analagous to those of the Elephant, but they are shorter, thicker, and more 

 strongly marked by the muscles. 



The OS humeri is two feet five inches long — transverse diameter at condyles 

 eight and a half inches, and at upper end eleven inches. Circumference just 

 above insertion of deltoid two feet, and at middle, one foot four and a half 

 inches. 



