21 6 Sir Everard Home’s reasons , 
places, to make any verbal explanation unnecessary. The 
drawing is made by Mr. Clift. 
Fig. 2. A vertebra of the proteus from Germany, repre- 
sented by Mr. Bauer, magnified ten times, to show the cup- 
formed extremities. 
Fig. 3. A vertebra of the proteus from South Carolina, 
magnified four times, by Mr. Bauer, to show the same part. 
