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largest part 1 foot 3 inches; its shape a flattened oval, contracting 

 gradually towards the pi/lorus. On opening it, the coats, and espe- • 

 cially the roiddle or muscular, were found extremely thick and firm, 

 and increasing in thickness towards the pi/lorus, which protruded in 

 a singular manner, to the distance of nearly an inch into the duo- 

 denum, at vvhich part a few longitudinal rugce were observed, the 

 ręst of the lining membrane being perfectly smooth. It contained 

 a little fluid only. The liver presented nothing reraarkable ; it con- 

 sisted of two principai lobes, in the right of which the gall-bladder 

 was buried, so as just to shovtr itself ; the length of the gall-bladder 

 was 2 inches. 



The small intestines were thick and firm, their length being 3 feet ■ 

 6 inches. The gall-duct enters the duodenum 3 inches, and the 

 pancreatic duct 10 inches, below the pyloric orifice. On laying open 

 the small intestines, their lining membrane appeared corrugated with 

 numerous longitudinal rugce, and they were found perfectly empty. 



The large intestines were smooth on their internal surface, and 

 fiUed with an iramense mass of condensed vegetable matter, which 

 was green and fibrous, and appeared to have only partially under- 

 gone the process of digestion. In the colon near the entrance of the 

 small intestines were two or three small black patches, seemingly 

 gangrenous. There was no ccecum. The circumference of the colon 

 measured 9 inches. The length of the large intestines vvas 6 feet 

 8 inches, exclusive of the c/oaca, which vvas 1 foot. 



At the lovver part of the abdomen, (in a singular cavity, formed by 

 a diaphragm.like expansion oi pentoneum, from which,tothe oppo- 

 site or extreme side, passed numerous bands, bearing a resemblance 

 tothec^orc?<^fenc?«W^,)theurinaryb]adder,ofenormouscapacity,was 

 lying loose, irregularly folded, but containing a considerable quan- 

 tity of viscid fluid : its parietės were thin, but very fibrous in texture. 

 When moderately distended with air, its shape was made manifest, 

 as trilobed, or rather, as consisting of one large centrai bag, from 

 each side ofwhich, a conical process jutted out ; the extent from 

 point to point being 1 foot 10 inches. It opened by a neck of about 

 3 inches in length, and closely invested vvith lung, into the cloaca, 

 about 6 inches from its termination ; the penis vvas long and deeply 

 furrovved, and the glans large at the base, vvith a pointed apex. 



The lungs vvere very florid in colour, and extremely light, spongy, 

 and cellular, the cells being large and distinct. They extended the 

 whole length of the carapace. 



The kidneys vvere situated at the back of the abdomen, in shape 

 oval; flat on one side, convex on the other; about 5 inches long, 

 2^ inches broad, and consisting of numerous lobes, vvhich gavę to 

 their surface a furrovved or brain-like appearance ; the relative 

 proportion ofthevenous ramification in them vvas found to exceeu 

 that of the arterial. 



As regards the death of the animal, nothing positive could be 

 determined ; but it appeared to Mr. Martin, from the black patches 

 about the colon, and the quantity of undigested matter in the large 

 intestines, to have resulted principally from an unnatural accumu- 

 lation of faecal matter, and theattending evil consequences. 



