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"The liver (Mvliich waš highly disorganized) consisted of two 

 neariy eąual left lobes, and of two right lobcs of which the outer- 

 inost vas partially divided, but not so completely as to make the 

 number of right lobes three. The tobulus Spigelii "vvas small. 



"In a cleftin the first or centrai right lobe, a little to the right of 

 the ligamentum latum (wluch was thin), appeared the gall-bladder, 

 small, globular, and empty : its duot received several small hepatic 

 tubes, and entered the duodenum half an inch below the pylorus. 



" 'ITie spleen was attached to the lower part of the asophagus and 

 the cardiac sacculus by a riband of mesentery, half an inch in 

 breadth lyben extended. In figure this viscus was pointed at both 

 ends, and three-sided, or prismatic : its length was l-į- iiach ; its 

 greatest breadth half an inch. 



" Beneath the cardiac portion of the stomach and the spleen, lay 

 the pancreas, a soft indefinite mass spreading through the mesentery : 

 a portion of it followed the course of the duodenum for about an 

 inch. Its duct entered the intestine along with the biliary duct. 



" The stomach, 2 inches in length, and somewhat more than 1 

 inch in depth, was of a regular figure, its cardiac sacculus projecting 

 but little beyond the entrance of the cssopkagus ; between which and 

 the pyloric opening there intervened a good distance, (about J of 

 an inch). The pyloric portion of the stomach was of equal volume 

 ■tt-ith the cardiac, and did not diminish rapidly but was globular. 

 Intemally, the stomach had a cuticular and villous portion ; the cuti- 

 cuj^ar lining, occupying about a third of the whole, covered the car- 

 ūiab end, commencing anterior to the entrance of the asophagus. 

 C. " The small intestines measured 2 feet 6 inches in length. 



" The cacum vvas large and sacculated, being puckered into sacculi 

 by two strong muscular bands. It measured 3 inches in length, was 

 loaded with fsecal matter, and was ulcerated through in several 

 points, from which the f aces had escaped in small quantity. It was 

 so tender that it could not be distended. 



" The colon formed a loop 5 inches in length, analogous to that 

 •which exists in Capromys and Coypus: at the part vybere the intes- 

 tine leaves this duijlicatuve the faces assumed distinct oval forma. 

 The first length of this fold or loop of the colon vvas larger than the 

 second or retuming length ; and this portion vvith the ręst of the 

 large intestines scarcely eąucdled the small in diameter. 



" The totai length of the large intestines vvas 1 foot 54 inches. 



" The right kidney v\'as placed higher than the left : the kidneys 

 were of an oval shape, and -į of an inch in length. The papilla wa3 

 large and single. 



" The renal capsule vvas of the size of a pea, round, of a yellovv- 

 ish grey colour, and soft internally. 



" The lungs consisted of three right and tvvo left lobes. 



" The heart presented nothing remarkable. 



"The penis, measured from the pubis, vvas 1-į- inch in length. 

 Tlie glans vvas supported by an osseous stylet, and its upper sur- 

 face vvas rough vvith numerous minute but horny retrovert^ papillte. 

 At the orifice of the urethra were four long, conical, horny papilio:. 



