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retained the normal distinctness of the metacarpals and 

 metatarsals. The teeth have not, in either case, run up 

 to the jDerfection of pattern seen in the Ruminants and 

 Solipeds. Some years since, I published, in detail, an 

 account of the development of the skull in the Pig ; 

 that paper still holds its place in my affections, if not 

 in those of other anatomists. I hope soon to add 

 a similar memoir on the skull of the Ruminants, and 

 another on the skull of the Horse. 



Ruminants, 



Correlated with the specialisations that have taken 

 place in the Ruminants, throughout the body generally, 

 there are some very curious things to be noticed in their 

 skulls ; I shall not, however, trouble you with details. 

 The skull of the Chevrotains, especially that of the 

 Hyomoschus, the African kind, which has the two middle 

 metacarpals distinct, will be profital)ly studied as that of 

 a low and almost extinct type of the Ruminants — look- 

 ing Pig- ward. The general anatomy of these herljivor- 

 ous forms is not my work. Professor Flower is facile 

 ])rinceps there ; as also with the Whales, &c. Our dis- 

 tinguished predecessor (Professor Flower's and my own) 

 in this Chair, Professor Huxley, has done most to make 

 the iJedigree of the Horse plain to us ; and to his paper 

 on this subject I must refer you. I will, however, read 

 one pertinent and powerful passage out of one of his 

 latest papers, and thus conclude this raml)ling Lecture. 



