432 ON THE ORKNEY ANIMAL. 



That the neck appeared to him to be too long : 

 That the fins or arms, or, as they were called on 

 the island, the wings of the animal, were jointed 

 to the body nearer the ridge of the back than they 

 appear in the drawing : That the toes were less 

 spread out, and tapering more to a point, unless 

 when purposely lifted up ; but were not webbed 

 unless for the space of an inch and a half in 

 breadth, where they joined each other ; and the 

 length seemed to be about eight inches : That he 

 measured one of the wings next the head, which 

 was four feet and a half in length, and in shape, 

 from the first joint to the extremity, it resembled 

 a goose- wing without the feathers : That the 

 hollow between the snout and the upper part of 

 the skull, appeared to him not to be quite so deep 

 as represented in the drawing : That in every 

 other respect the drawing appears to be so exact, 

 that if the fish had not been mentioned, it would 

 have brought it to his recollection : That from the 

 ridge of the back to the belly, the body appeared 

 to be four feet in depth, and the circumference 

 rather oval than round ; but that he did not mea- 

 sure either : That the mane or bristles of the back 

 extended from the shoulder to within two feet and 

 a half of the tail, and were of a shining appear- 

 ance when wet ; but shrunk up, and turned yel- 

 low, when dried : That the mane was thin, about 

 two inches and a half in breadth towards the 

 shoulder, and two inches in breadth at the tail : 



