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more especially about the neck, where it was very long, and of a much 

 darker colour. On the lower part of its chin the hair was white, and 

 it had two lines of white which originated on the sides of the neck just 

 at the part that joins the fore- end of the scapula to the neck, which is 

 called the setting on of the shoulder in the human subject. These two 

 white bines passed down to the breast, or, what would be called, between 

 the two fore-legs in this animal, converging, and meet in a point on the 

 breast a little way above the end of the breast bone : these two white 

 bines were about an inch broad. Perhaps this was the most singular 

 circumstance attending this animal. 



I think the nose projected further beyond the upper jaw than in the 

 common bear ; but, as it had lost all its fore teeth, it is probable it 

 might only appear so L . Anatomically it appeared to be exactly the 

 bear. 



The above animal, Mr. Gough, on Holbom Hill [dealer in animals], 

 had for many years. 



The White Bear [Ursus maritimus 2 ]. 



The tongue is smooth at its anterior end, excepting in a middle line, 

 which is a small sulcus, dividing the tongue into two halves, viz. right 

 and left. The middle part between the ends is rough, something like 

 that of a lion, but not nearly so strong : there is a muscle between the 

 tongue and epiglottis. The edges of the epiglottis are continued into the 

 tips of the arytenoid cartilages, but there is a little prominence between 

 these parts which is caused by a rounded cartilage, pointed at the 

 ends and bent into a semicircular form with the two ends turned for- 

 ward, toward the epiglottis : the longest end is toward the root of the 

 epiglottis ; the other towards the top, which causes the prominence 

 above-mentioned. The long end makes a pretty high ridge upon the 

 inside of the larynx just above the ligaments of the glottis, and parallel 

 with them, making to appearance the mouth of the sacculi laryngis ; 

 but there are none. The ligaments of the glottis at their anterior ends 

 are partly fixed into the thyroid cartilage, and partly contiguous to one 

 another, but this is only at their upper edges. The os hyoides is 

 attached to the head by a bone, as in most animals. 



The cartilages of the trachea are very thick, especially at the upper 



1 [In the skulls of the Ursus labiatus, Nos. 4037, 4038, 4039, 4040, Osteol. Series, 

 Mus. Coll. Chir., the upper incisors are more or less defective with obliteration of 

 their alveoli.] 



2 [Hunter's specimens of the bones of Ursus maritimus are Nos. 3980, 3984, 3988 

 -4011.] 



