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offer me the whole collection, which is composed of 

 fractured ribs, an atlas and two second vertebrae with 

 numerous other vertebrae, a scapula, the heads of the 

 humerus, ulna, femur and tibia, with fragments of the 

 bones ; the radius, several bones of the tarsus and car- 

 pus, with the metatarsal and metacarpal bones ; most 

 of the latter entire, as well as some phalanges. On the 

 under jaw bone, the coronoid apophyses are wanting, 

 but I found one of them amongst the fragments 5 it has 

 one of its teeth complete, while of the other the crown 

 is broken off, and the roots alone remain. I obtained 

 only a small fragment of a tusk, the whole being crum- 

 bled to pieces. The parts of the skeleton which are in 

 my possession, are pretty sound, and partly imbued 

 with hydrated oxide of iron, which makes them very 

 heavy. The circumstance of having found two second 

 vertebrse, shows that the bones of at least two indivi- 

 duals were there. The atlas or first vertebra is more 

 or less injured, but the two dental vertebrse are perfect 5 

 there is a great difference in the size of these vertebras, 

 the largest one measuring from the front to the back 

 eleven inches and three-fifths, while the little one mea- 

 sures in the same direction not quite eight inches ; the 

 latter, nevertheless, is perfect, having its dental process 

 and other projections perfectly preserved. Could this 

 vertebra have belonged to a different species, or must 

 it be considered as belonging to a young individual? 

 The tooth which is yet in the lower jaw bone is about 

 one-third narrower than those which I have in my col- 

 lection, and must therefore have belonged to the M. 



