ss 



tail: 



The tail is imperfect, though from the num« 

 ber and size of the bones it was probably a 

 long one; but it is very remarkable that, the 

 lateral processes are extremely long, and the 

 superior ones quite short, so that the tail must 

 have been iroad and JIat : whereas the tail of 

 the Elephant *, instead of being broad, is 

 flattened in the direction of the spine, a little 

 bristly hair growing on the outer edge^ and a 

 greater quantity of it, somewhat longer, grow- 

 ing on the inner edge, which gives it something 

 of a fin-like appearance. 



RIBS. 



From all the drawings of Elephants, and 

 from such of their real ribs as I have seen, 

 I have observed one universal and unvarying 

 character; they avQ JIat, like those of the Ox, 

 sma// towards their head, l?road towards their 

 junction with the cartilage, and more or less 

 bent sidewise in an undulating form^; whereas 



*^ See the plate, figure V- 



t See Camper on the Elephant. 



