60 THE CAMEL. 



cavity, were seen the faint remains of cells, which 

 passed imperceptibly into the plicas. Sir E. Home 

 remarks, upon " a faint appearance of a honey- 

 combed structure, so slight as to require a close 

 inspection to ascertain it." In the last six inches 

 of the pyloric portion, the structure of the lining 

 membrane was entirely changed. The greater 

 part had the soft villous appearance of mucous 

 coat, but was much thickened. The remainder, 

 situated in the large curvature, and to the extent 

 of about six inches square, was about one line in 

 thickness, and very peculiar in structure, consist- 

 ing of fine, upright, parallel fibres, easily separated 

 from each other, and from the subjacent parts ; 

 the surface was smoother than that of the sm*- 

 rounding mucous coat, though thrown into very 

 thick and strongly marked rugae. Just at the 

 pylorus was the glandular body, as it is described 

 in the camel and bullock by Home ; it was about 

 one inch broad, and about one half inch thick, 

 from which place it extended backwards along 

 the small curvature, and was gradually lost in 

 the parietes ; it was covered by mucous mem- 

 brane, and consisted of a soft, white tissue, with- 

 out any glandular appearance. The pylorus 

 was well marked, though not very prominent. 

 The muscular coat of this cavity was quite thick, 

 especially at the rugous part, the fibres being 

 transverse." 



