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TAPIRTDJE. 



researches that I might have in hand. He was one of those men 

 who seem satisfied — so that the work of science progressed, any one 



Fig. 33. 



a. The nasal bones and upper part of the skull of T. LauriUardi. 



b. Internal nasal openings of T. LauriUardi. 



c. End of the upper jaw of T. LauriUardi. 



d. End of lower jaw of T. LauriUardi. 



e. Front of the upper jaw of Tapirus terrestris, showing the rudimen- 



tary premolar. 



might claim the reputation of doing it; and few men have done 

 more for osteology and palaeontology than M. Laurillard. 



This skull, in the length of the front of the face and in the com- 



