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Show 1886.] MAMMALS IN THE SOCIETY'S GARDENS. 209 canal, the cord was found soft and almost diffluent. Bv careful hardening and manipulation, sections were obtained from 'the cord and submitted to the microscope. It exhibited a most marked degree of sclerosis. This was also seen in the nerves of the affected hmb. The animal was supposed to be about seven years of age, and had been paralyzed for some time before it died. The specimen was shown to a number of experts, who were unanimous as to the nature of the affection, viz. perforating ulcer, with sclerosis of the cord and nerves. I then ventured the opinion that more cases would come to hand. A few weeks later a second specimen came under my observation, also in a Civet Cat; and, lastly, a most interesting example in the Two-spotted Paradoxure (Nandinia binotata). In the case of the Paradoxure the affection of the callous pads is in an early stage, for the ulcers, one on each foot, are as yet shallow (fig. 2). Fisr. 2. II Perforating ulcers (u) in an early stage affecting the feet of a Paradoxure, Nandinia binotata, secondary to sclerosis of the spinal cord. The ulcers were perfectly symmetrical on the fore and hind feet. F, the fore, and H , the hind foot. The most remarkable feature in tbe specimen is the perfect symmetry observed in the ulcers ; in each fore foot the position and shape of the sores correspond exactly, and this is also to be observed in the hind feet. In this case only the lumbar and anterior portion of the spinal cord could be examined ; for, after the animal died, its companion, much to my annoyance, had eaten the middle portion of its |