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turn. At its lower and back- parr, where it becomes gradually 
thinner, it divides the Choana into two , whereof hereafter. 
At the lower part of this Hole the Bone becomes Concave (k. J 
fo that meafuring from the middle of the Orbit of the Eye on 
both fides, which are 3 f Inches diftant, the Deprefiion becomes 
2 Inches deep. At the middle of the lower part of this Hole be* 
gins a Suture, which runs down to the extremity of the Bone 
(m.m) I hefe two Bones are articulated per Symphyfin. Dr. Mou- 
lin s calls thefe Ofa Maxilla Superiors ; but I rather incline to call 
them Ofa Palau. They are 5 Inches broad at the upper part,, 
where they are articulated with the Ojfa Maxilla Superiority by 
Dr. Manlius Off.i Malty by the fame kind of Suture (« «.) Prom 
the upper part o the lower extremity of this Os Palati (b.) it 
is 1 5 inches. After they have quitted the Os Maxilla Superiors on 
each fide, they run down with an obtufe Angle ; being Protube- 
rant on their outer fide, they incline gradually toward the Su- 
ture in the middle {m.m.) forming a Cavity 2 =f Inches deep as 
the lower extremity, which is notfo deep as at the middle. ’Tis 
defign’d for the Prcbofcis to reft upon, and the Eminencies on each? 
fide are for granting fpace for the Alveoli ; whence the Tusks 
proceed ( 0 0 ) which are improperly call’d Teeth, (and there- 
fore this Bone which contains them llould not be call’d Os Max- 
ilia) fincc they only ferve for a Defence to this Animal, and' 
Ihould rather be call’d its Horns. They arc cf different bignefs' 
in different Animals, and the Male feems to have them bigger 
than the Female , v. g. The Elephant which was burnt at Diiblin y 
had them much bigger than this which died here; which confifts 
with the Knowledge of feveral in this Place, who remember to 
have feen both : And the Figure which Dr .Monlins gives of them, 
even tho’ broke, feems to reprefent them much larger than thofe 
in the Subjeft we have; which are very final], not exceeding the 
bignefs of an ordinary Cane, or not above one Inch Diameter, 
and ftreight, fo far as they remain unbroke : So that I am not 
in a Capacity to affirm of deny the Aftertion of Ariftotle y who 
fays, nJMares grandiores rejhnatofque habenty F amina minores t (Sr 
contra rjuam Mares , vergnnt erftm deorfmn, proniqne deviant. Per- 
haps, it might have been fo with -thefe *, and that the Keepers 
(That the difference of the Sex might not be known, by their 
bending downward or upward,) might have defignedly broke 
them. Indeed there is great difference between the weight and 
length of thefe, had they been entire, and thofe wonderful big 
ones whereof Authors give us an Account. Tentaelins tells us, 
O that 
