----------------------------....---------------------
...|int1|int2|int3|int4|int4|....|N-3 |N-2 |N-1 |N    | 
----------------------------....---------------------

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    ----
    ptr |  This is the int** 
    ----

... it points to an array of pointer below 
... with one pointer for each of the first dimension


    ---------------------------------------
    ptr0|ptr1|ptr2|ptr3|....|Y-2 |Y-1 |Y   | Each if these is an int *
    ---------------------------------------

... And each of those pointer point to contingous 1D arrays of ints 
... each the size of the second dimension
... that can (and usually are) distributed at disparate position in memory
... and in no particular positions, even before the above block of ram.

--------....-----.....-----...etc
|ary4|       |ary2|     |ary0|
--------....-----.....-----...etc