182 SirT. S. Raffles’s account of the dugong. 
Ft. In. 
Length of the fins - - - -14 
Breadth of Do. - - - -08 
— — — across the belly from fin to fin - - 111 
Distance between the mammae - 1 5 
Breadth of tail from tip to tip - - 2 7 
Circumference of the root of the tail - -19 
Distance from the anus to the centre of the tail 2 9 
from the anus to the penis - - 12 
Total length of the intestines - - - 115 o 
— — Do. of small intestines including the caecum 44 o 
— — — Do. of great intestines - - - 72 o 
With this account. Sir T. S. Raffles sent me a copy of 
some observations in French, by Messrs. Diard and Duvau- 
cel, upon the stomach of the dugong. Sir T. S. Raffles 
mentioned that these observations formed part of a Memoir 
written by those Gentlemen ; under these circumstances, I 
have not felt myself authorized to lay them before the So- 
ciety, along with those made by Sir Thomas Stamford Raf- 
fles, which I consider of too much importance to be delayed. 
Everard Home. 
