134 ON THE FOSSIL CAMEL OF THE SIVALIK HILLS. 



We have been desirous of ascertaining the excess of height to which 

 the existing Camel arrives, to form a correct opinion of the proportionate 

 size of our fossil species, and for this purpose have consulted those authori- 

 ties from whom it was most likely to draw accurate information. The 

 accounts are sufficiently conflicting, but that of Griffith, as an authority 

 on a point of natural history, may be considered as the best, and the most 

 properly to be depended upon : assuming therefore that the comparative 

 heights and proportions of the Camelus Bactrianus and Camelus Dromedarius 

 as shewn by Griffith are the true ones, and that the latter is of a smaller 

 size than the Bactrian Camel, we are still borne out in our conclusions with 

 regard to the excess of dimensions of the fossil or Camelus Sivalensis, and 

 that this excess applies generally towards all the species of Camel now 

 existing. 



Northern Dodh, July 15, 1836. 



HEFERENCES TO PLATES XX, XXI, OF CAMELUS SIVALENSIS, 



Fig. 1. View ef portion of skull of Camelus Sivalensis from above. 



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3. 



4. 



2. 



Ditto ditto lateral view of Fig. 1. 



Side view of another portion of skull of Camelus Sivalensis with lower jaw attached. 



Side view of lower jaw of ditto with tlie molars of the upper jaw in position. 



Side view of lower jaw oi existing Camel ; Camelus Dromedarius. 



Side view of ditto of Camelus Sivalensis right side, exhibiting the peculiarities in 



9. 



8. 



form of the ascending branch and the coronoid process. 

 Side view of ditto ditto left side. 



Portion of lower jaw Camelus Sivalensis right side inner view. 

 Ditto ditto left side outer view. 



10. 



Ditto 



ditto 



ditto inner view of No. 9. 



11. 



12. 



Ditto ditto right side outer view. 



Fragment of upper jaw C«»MeZMs iStwaZeniw, shewing the ultimate and penultimate 



13. 



molar of the leftside. 

 View of No. 12, exhibiting the inner side and coronal surfaces of the molars. 



