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Asiatic and African Elephants, and in the Mammoth, it maintains much the same aspects, 

 being flat and considerably greater in length than in breadth. But the above (PI. XXI, 

 fig. 2) differs from them in being round, with a more circular outer surface. As com- 

 pared with the internal cuneiform of any of the above, it is, indeed, widely different. 



I have not seen a middle cuneiforme of a size sufficiently large to correlate it with the 

 large bones now under consideration. 



External cuneiforme. — This element of the foot is well shown in the large bone, 

 No. 187, from the Norfolk coast, in the Gunn Collection. The length is 4"4 inches, 

 and maximum breadth 2*5 ; thickness 1/8 inches. Here the navicular surface shows the 

 usual depression pronounced about the middle of the articular surface. 



15. METATARSUS. 



There are several examples of the digital proximal bones in the British Museum and 

 in the Norwich Museum, and private collections in Norfolk and Suffolk. 



A good illustration of the second metatarsal is afforded by No. 39,465, B. M., from 

 the East Coast. It is five inches in length, with a maximum breadth of 3*4 inches. 



The third metatarsal of a huge Elephant from Mundesley is preserved in Mr. Fitch's 

 Collection. Its length is 7'4, and girth, midshaft, 8'4 inches. 



The facet for the external cuneiform is 3 inches in height, by 34 inches in width. 



The distal articular surface in the a. p. d. (by tape) is 7 '4 inches, whilst the facet for 

 the fourth metatarsal is 3 in height, by 1 inch in breadth. 



In general appearance it seems to differ very little from the same bone in the 

 Mammoth. 



The fourth metatarsal is represented by a large bone in the British Museum from the 

 East Coast, its maximum length and width being 6 and 3*5 inches respectively. 



The fifth metatarsal is well shown by two short and extremely broad specimens in 

 the Norwich Museum from the East Coast. One of these (not numbered) has the 

 proximal articulation somewhat injured. The bone is flat on the dorsal aspect, with 

 rounded sides. The length is 4-g- inches, and girth, midshaft, 9*4 inches. Another 

 similar bone, No. 195 of the Gunn Collection, is also 4^ inches in length, with a girth of 

 8*4 at the middle. The proximal articulation is 2*5x2'5 (tape), whilst the distal 

 articular surface is 2*5 in the antero-posterior (by tape), and 2 # 4 inches in the transverse 

 diameter. The upper surface of the articular surfaces are somewhat concave in both 

 bones, with the lower borders protruding. 



These two specimens show the circular cuboidal facet of the Mammoth, the same 

 being ovoid in the African. 



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