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long ; the testes were oval, and as large as sparrows' eggs, being 4 of 

 an inch in length, in breadth ^ an inch, in thickness 3 lines; the 

 epididymis, 3 lines in length, was somewhat club-shaped; the cre- 

 master musele was very strong ; the length of the cord to the ab- 

 dominal ring was -į of an inch ; the totai length of the vasa dęferen- 

 tia, H inch ; they terminated internally at the root of the vesicules 

 seminales, that is, between thera and the bladder ; the vesicula 

 seminales were small and tubular, with a turn at the extreraity j 

 from their entrance to the bulb of the urethra į- an inch. 



" Being desirous to ascertain whether the arteries of the extre- 

 mities manifested any approximation in their arrangement to vvhat 

 obtains in the Loris gracilis, GeofFr., and the Sloth, Bradypus tridac- 

 tylus, Linn., I injected the subclavian and femoral with mercury. 

 The distribution was found to be similar to that of other Quadru- 

 mana, and without the slightest approach to the plexiform condition 

 which was observed in the Loris. The arterial trunks were in fact 

 simple, giving oflF muscular branches in the usual manner, as they 

 proceeded. 



" The museles of the limbs, and especially those of the thighs, 

 were remarkably large and firm, conveying an idea of far greater 

 strength than would be suspected in so small and delicate an ani- 

 mal." 



