Smithsonian Report, 1919. — Neuville. 
Plate 2. 
Piece of Skin from Fore Leg of an Indian Elephant. 
Natural Size. 
A. Section perpendicular to the surface, showing relation of dermis to 
epidermis; the dermis, whitish, about 2 cm. tliick, is overlaid by a 
blackish epidermis about 7 mm. thick; the corneous layer, formed 
of closely juxtaposed flngeriike masses, makes up nearly the whole 
of these? mm. 
B. Superficial aspect of the dermis after removal of the epidermis. 
C. Under surface of the epidermis. 
