45 



though we may as philosophers regret it, as men 

 we cannot but thank Heaven that its whole ge- 

 neration is probably extinct." 



DIMENSIONS OF THE SKELETON. 



[^Height over the shoulders - 

 ' \ Ditto over the hips 



o-ength from the chin to the rump 



/ From the point of the tusks to the end 

 of the tail, following the curve 



'Length in a straight line 

 Z Width of the hips and body 



/ Length of the under jaw 

 4 Weight of the same - 63 1 poupds 



2 Width of the head - - . . 

 J Length of the thigh-bone 



J Smallest circumference of the same - 



/ Length of the tibia - - . 20 

 / Length of the humerus, or large bone 



of the fore-leg - - - - 2 10 



J Largest circumference of the same 3 2 1 



P Smallest ditto ditto - - - i ^ 



/ Length of the radius - - - 2 /^^ 



3 Circumference round the elbow - 38 



G 



Ft. 



Inch, 



til 







9 







^5 

 \ 







31 







20 







5 



8 



2 



10 



3 



2 



3 



7 



I 



6 



