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of ridges in front, leaving 12 x in 8*5 inches. This tooth is very characteristic of the 

 parallel aggregated disks with little central expansion or angulation; the crown is broad. 



An upper molar, No. 27,515, B. M., from Walton, in Essex, is more than half worn, 

 with several of the anterior ridges worn away, leaving 14 ridges and a heel, or 13 x, in 

 8*5 inches. 



The disks here are remarkably parallel and closely packed together ; the enamel is 

 thin, and the crimping is not by any means so pronounced as usual ; with central 

 angulations, altogether there is a pronounced similarity between the above and varieties of 

 the tooth of the Mammoth. In that respect the broad-crowned variety has assuredly 

 resemblances to the molar of the latter. The above is matched by a lower molar, No. 

 39,463, B. M., from Southwold. 



A fine specimen of a modification of the broad-crowned variety was discovered in 

 fluviatile deposits in 1854, in digging the foundation of the Junior United Service 

 Club, Charles Street, St. James's, associated with remains of Hippopotamus major, 

 Bos primigenius, and Cervus. This upper tooth, nearly entire, is preserved in the drawing- 

 room of the Club. About two ridges have been broken off in front, leaving 15^ in a 

 space of 9 inches, with a maximum breadth of crown of 3'2 inches. Each ridge is on an 

 average 0*7 inch in thickness. The crown pattern and other characters are typical of 

 the species of Elephant in question. 



Two mutilated but very suggestive examplesof the ultimate molar, marked No. 8 and 

 9, are preserved in the Museum of the Geological Society, and labelled E. primigenius. 

 The locality is unknown. The loss of posterior ridges in both instances prevents an exact 

 estimate being made. It would appear that only two have disappeared \ at all events, the 

 teeth present all the characters of the broad-crowned variety of E. antiquus, which was 

 formerly readily confounded with the molar of the Mammoth. 



A good instance of a broad upper crown is preserved in the Oxford University 

 Museum. It is from Hurley Bottom, and is entire, with a ridge formula of x 16 x in 

 9*5 inches. The lower molar of the broad-crowned variety is admirably seen in the 

 rami from Barrow-on-Soar, No. 33,796, B. M. I will refer again to the jaw. The 

 molars are not quite entire, several ridges in front having been worn out by use, leaving 

 12 ridges and a heel in 8'3 inches. The crowns give a maximum breadth of 3 5 inches 

 at their middle, and taper like all ultimate molars towards the posterior talon. 



A mandible containing two superb molars, No. 27,908, B. M., is from St. Mary's 

 Stoke, near Ipswich. The jaw is that of an aged individual, as there are several of the 

 anterior dental ridges worn out. The teeth are suggestive instances of the broad crown. 



An upper molar of the latter description marked Barrow-on-Soar ? is preserved in 

 the Museum of the Royal Dublin Society. It has lost the hind talon, and the ridges in 

 front are injured, but there is evidence of a ridge formula of x 17 x in a space of 10' 5 

 inches. An intermediate variety of crown between the broad and narrow molars is 

 further illustrated by a broken tooth, No. 33,337, B. M., in left ramus, dredged up off 



