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responds with Dr. Savage's descriptions on page 368, though 

 the folds of the skin by which it is surrounded are less strongly 

 naarked, in consequence of the separation of the parts from 

 the body, and long maceration. The most remarkablepeca- 

 liarity is the great size of the clitoris, which at first view re- 

 sembles the glans penis of the human subject just projecting 

 from the surrounding parts ; it is somewhat flattened in its 

 shape, measuring one and three fourths inch in its transverse 

 and about three fourths in its vertical diameter, and supported 

 on each side by a fold of the common integuments; this or- 

 gan projects externally about three fourths of an inch. The 

 nymphae were not very strongly marked, that on the left side 

 being the most prominent. At the orifice of the vagina, were 

 seen three small triangular shaped prominences, which bore 

 some resemblance to the carunculae myrtiformes in the hu- 

 man subject. The vagina measured three and a half inches in 

 length, and was of sufficient diameter to admit without difficulty 

 two fingers. The uterus, in its general outline, resembles the 

 human though less pyriform, and seems very small in propor- 

 tion to the vagina, its transverse diameter is one and a half inch, 

 and its longitudinal two and a half inches. Superiorly it is flat- 

 tened, but cylindrical at its cervix. The anterior lip of the os 

 uteri was the longest and slightly bilobed, the posterior being 

 completely so. Round ligaments stronger than in the human 

 female; broad ligaments not materially different ; ovaries situ- 

 ated on the posterior face of the latter, the oviduct forming its 

 upper border. Free extrem.ity of the oviduct fimbriated ; in- 

 ner surface of the uterus folded longitudinally in its cervix ; 

 cavity of this organ less triangular than in the human female; 

 relative position of uterus, rectum and bladder the same. 



Larynx ; this organ diflers remarkably from that of man in 

 being provided with a large membranous pouch communi- 

 cating with the ventricles and capable of inflation at the will 

 of the animal. In the young specimen, already spoken of, 

 this pouch presented a conformation diflerent from that de- 

 scribed by Vrolik and other writers on the subject. Instead 

 of being a simple pouch as usually described, it was bifur- 



