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parts are misshaped and enlarged. Only a small portion of the 

 epididymis of H-37 was examined, but Doctor Cole in a com- 

 munication states that it ^'bore the normal relation to each 

 testicle." In each of the gonads examined (H-46 and 44) the 

 rete continues anteriorly a short distance beyond the sex-cord 





Fig. 15 Eete tubules from gonad of free-martin, H-37. I, lumen of tubule; 

 re, epithelium of tubule; rs, connective tissue stroma of the rete. X 307. 



region to make connections with an elongated lobe of coiled 

 epididymal tubules. This elongated lobe constitutes the head 

 (globus major) of the epididymis. Its length is about twice 

 the length of the left gonad in case 44, and slightly longer in 

 case H-46. In the normal testis the head of the epididymis is a 

 flattened disc which fits over the pointed anterior end. From 

 the anterior end of this elongated lobe, an attenuated lobe, 



