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Two mucous sacculi, about 1 inch in diameter and 14 inch in depth, 
are produced from the upper and back part of the pharynx into the 
pterygoid fossee, on each side the basisphenoid. Between the mouths 
of these sacculi there projects from the back part of the pharynx a 
glandular prominence or caruncle, about 7 lines long by 5 lines broad. 
At the lower and back part of the pharynx a third median sacculus 
is developed, just below the ‘ constrictores pharyngis’; in this re- 
markable structure the Wart-Hog resembles the Babyrussa*. The 
cesophagus commences between this sacculus behind and two large 
post-arytenoid sacculi in front, and is divided from both by a trans- 
verse membranous ridge or wall. The long ligamentous crura of the 
epiglottis are continued from the sides and back part of the post- 
arytenoid sacculi to that cartilage, which is unusually distant from 
the larynx. The convex border of the broad epiglottis projects into 
the posterior nostril. The cesophagus descends behind the trachea to 
the thorax, and in the posterior mediastinum it is suspended by a fold 
of the pleura, about 13 inch broad, which attaches the tube to the 
descending aorta, after it has passed through the arch. 
The stomach is of small size and simple shape; its length in a 
straight line is 9 inches; following its greater curvature 1 foot 
7 inches ; the lesser curvature, or the distance from the cardia to the 
pylorus, being only 3 inches. The left end extends about 33 inches 
beyond the cardia, and the right end projects about 2 inches to the 
right of the pylorus. It presents the usual form of the simple sto- 
mach, but the cardiac blind end is marked off by a slight constric- 
tion, hardly, however, to the same degree as in the Common Hog ; 
and far from presenting the complexity of the stomach in the Baby- 
russa. The great omentum is continued from behind the great cur- 
vature, and was folded or crumpled up behind and beneath the sto- 
mach, enclosing the spleen, which was to the left and a little behind 
the great end of the stomach. No part of the omentum was visible 
when the abdominal cavity was exposed, and but little of the stomach 
could be seen. Almost the only viscera that presented themselves 
were the large spiral coils of the colon, closely united together by 
mesocolic bands laden with fat, about an inch in breadth. The 
czecum was in the left lumbar region. The stomach extended from 
the left hypochondrium across the epigastric to the right hypochon- 
driac regions. The liver extended from the right hypochondrium to 
the left, but did not cover all the great end of the stomach. The 
small intestines lay concealed behind the colon. 
The cesophagus, which is 2 inches in circumference at its termi- 
nation in the stomach, opens nearer the posterior than the ante- 
rior surface of the lesser curvature, 34 inches from the left end, 
which forms a prominence above the concavity leading to it from the 
gullet. 
The cesophageal epithelium is continued a little way on the inner 
surface of the stomach, forming a thin, narrow, oval patch, extend- 
ing 1} inch to the left of the cardia, 2rds of an inch to the right and 
* See Prof. Vrolik’s excellent memoir on that animal, ‘ Recherches d’Anatomie 
comparée sur le Babyrussa,’ 4to, p. 30, pl. 3. 
No. CCXXIII.—Proceepines or tHe ZooLoeicat Soctety. 
