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SPRINGHEAD SPECIMENS.
315

ing the hook at the extremity, is five and a half inches, and

fig. 133

the width across the sole between the clips is four and a half inches; behind this part it contracts very considerably, and in bending slightly upwards expands a little.

fig. 134

Figure 134 is altogether a larger instrument. Its length within the front and back hooks is six and a half