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ANIMAL MECHANICS. 



If we compare together the amount of friction experienced 

 by the long flexor tendons of the foot of the various carni- 

 vores, we find the following Table : — 



Table XX.* — Amount of Friction, fyc, in the Long Flexor 

 Tendons of the Toes of Carnivores. 



Carnivores. 



Friction, &c. 



I. 



Mastiff, .... 



65 . 4 per cent. 



2. 



Lioness, .... 



59° » 



3- 



Fox, . . . 

 Jaguar, .... 

 Jackall, .... 



57-6 



4- 



49- 2 » 



5- 



49.2 „ 



6. 



Leopard, .... 



45-5 » 



7- 



Dingo, .... 



33-8 „ 



8. 



Japanese Bear, 





9- 



Virginian Bear, . 



23-9 



10. 



Otter, ..... 



19-8 „ 



* Since writing the preceding Table, I have had an opportunity of examin- 

 ing the tendons of the foot of a male European Wolf, and of a magnificent Ben- 

 gal Tiger, with the following results : — 



European Wolf {long flexors of toes) . 



1. First toe, 24.6 percent. 



2. Second toe, 25.8 ,, 



3. Third toe, 25.3 „ 



4. Fourth toe, 24 3 „ 



Total, . . . 100.0 



European Wolf (long flexor tendons of foot). 



Weight. 



1. Flexor hallucis longus, . . 13.5 percent. . 0.300Z. av. 



2. Flexor digitorum longus, . 52.5 „ . 0.79 „ 



3. Friction, <S,c, .... 34.0 „ 



Total, 



14.40 



