Another question of forensic interest has arisen upon this subject that requires some notice. Whether there are not bones in the structures of inferior animals, that so nearly approach those of the human species in figure and appearance as to admit the possibility of their being mistaken for them, by the superficial anatomist? It must be admitted that there does exist a similitude in the skeletons of different animals, of which the common observer cannot derive the least notion from the shape of the parts they sustain, or from the general aspect of their external form. _Bats_, for instance, appear to have wings, but an attentive examination demonstrates that they are real hands, the fingers of which are merely somewhat lengthened; still, however, it is the bones of quadrupeds that can alone be mistaken for those of man, and of these the cylindrical ones are the most likely to mislead us; for example, the _Humerus_ varies little in its form, except perhaps in the proportional length of the bone, and the elevation of its spines: the _Ruminantia_, in general, have the _great tuberosity_ very high, and the _linea aspera_ very prominent. To _Cuvier_ we are much indebted for the marks of discrimination by which we may determine to what genus of animal the isolated parts of a skeleton belong; and his researches have changed the opinion regarding the character of many organic remains. Most of the labourers in the Gypsum quarries about Paris are firmly persuaded that the bones which they contain are, in a great part, human remains; but, after having seen and carefully examined many thousands of them, _Cuvier_ unequivocally declares that not a single fragment has ever belonged to our species. Another similar discovery has been made by this illustrious anatomist, in the history of the extraneous fossil bones from the island of Cerigo, and deposited by _Spallanzani_ at Pavia as human remains, but of which he affirms there is not one that ever formed a part of the human skeleton; the same _tact_, if we may so express this peculiar merit of _Cuvier_, enabled him to decypher the “_Homo Diluvii Testis_” of _Scheutzer_, and to restore it to its true genus, the _Proteus_. We shall close our remarks upon the fallacies by which the bones of quadrupeds have been mistaken for those of man, by the interesting account of the remains which were found by _Belzoni_ in a sarcophagus in the second pyramid of Egypt, and for a detailed relation of which we are indebted to _Captain Fitzclarence_, in his overland route from India. These bones were believed to be no other than the remains of _King Cephrenes_, who, according to _Herodotus_, is supposed to have built the pyramid, and to have been buried in its cavern; unfortunately, however, for the antiquarian’s conjecture, _Mr. Clift_, of the College of Surgeons, has satisfactorily proved that the bones in question are not human, but belong to an animal of the genus _Bos_. ABORTION AND INFANTICIDE.