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the alimentary canal measured 39 feet 5| inches. The account is 

 copied from Professor Quekett's notes. I was at first inclined to 

 suppose that the copyist had made some mistake, the length men- 

 tioned being very great for a carnivorous animal. Professor Quekett 

 suggested "that the large quantity of phosphate of lime taken by 

 the hyaena might explain the anomaly." 



On referring, however, to the notes of my dissections of four dogs, 

 in which I carefully measured the alimentary cawal of all, the above 

 statement does not appear to be so improbable : — 



Small Terrier, alimentary canal 7 feet 4 inches. 



Small Terrier (young), 7 feet. 



Blood-hound, 21 feet; including large intestines, 2 feet 2 inches. 



Large MastiiF (old), weighing 104 lbs., 31 feet; including large 

 intestines, 3 feet. 



Common Fox, 10 feet 6 inches. 



Young Indian Wolf (four months old), 6 feet 1 inch. 



So that, looking to the ribs, teeth, caecum, length of alimentary 

 canal, and general form of the viscera, this animal must be classed 

 with the Dogs, and not with the Hysenas. 



Additional Remarks on the Lycaon pictus. 



After the death of the dog, the bitch which was with him became 

 restless, howled frequently, refused her food, and died July 1 3tb, ten 

 days after. 



I examined the body a few hours after death. She was about the 

 same size as the dog, and of the same age. She had probably lost 

 10 or 15 lbs. in weight. The body weighed 31^ lbs., and the sub- 

 joined is the relative weight of the viscera, fractions being omitted : — 



Heart, 7 oz. -jL- 



Lungs, 24 oz. -^^. 



Liver, 18 oz. -^. 



Spleen, 790 grs. ■2io- 



Pancreas, 370 grs. y^. 



Kidney, 1080 grs. -^^. 



Alimentary canal, 13 feet 6 inches. 



The uterus resembled that of the bitch {C.familiaris) ; the vagina 

 9 inches in length, the cornua 6 inches each. 



But one of the most interesting results of this dissection was the 

 examination of the blood-corpuscles ; these were larger than in any 

 carnivorous animal that I have dissected ; they measured, the greater 

 part of those examined, about the 3000th of an inch in diameter, 

 being larger than those of Man. 



I may add, that I could not discover any morbijd lesion in this 

 animal, and that I believe her death was occasioned by the loss of 

 her companion. 



