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bad subjects for comparison, I am disposed to 

 pronounce the legs and feet considerably- 

 like those of the Elephant, differing in some 

 particulars, but chiefly in the proportionate 

 length and breadth. The scapula of the Ele- 

 phant * is in proportion much larger than that 

 of the Mammoth, and the upper extremity 

 of it less extended, and more pointed : in the 

 scapula of the Mammoth f, the two processes 

 that proceed from the spine are uncommonly- 

 long and rough, especially the one pointing 

 backwards and downwards, extending very 

 nearly across the blade, &c. The humerus, 

 radius, and ulna, are unusually thick for their 

 length, to which the fore-feet correspond, the 

 hind-feet not being near so large; whereas, 

 in the Elephants I have seen, the hind are full 

 as large as the fore- feet, and in some specimens 

 considerably larger: in the Mammoth the 

 bones of the hind-feet are small, but full of 

 those strong protuberances which served for 

 the attachment of muscle. One necessary 

 consequence of this great bulk of the radius 

 and ulna is, that the radius, crossing the ulna 



* Ssc the [late, figure VII. f Figure VIII. 



