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fibres being longltudinal), we find it dipping dovvn on the right side 

 of the neck, keeping a straiglit course, passing under the right cla- 

 vicle, then crossing below the greatarch of the neck vvithin the shell, 

 and passing under the right laryngeal branch to the cardiac portion 

 of the stomach ; its length being 7 inches. The cardiiim passes over 

 the left laryngeal branch. The length of the stomach is 74- inches; 

 the circumference of the thickest part 3 inches ; gently narrowing 

 to the pyloms. Its texture was firm and muscular, especially at the 

 pyloric portion ; and betvveen the peritoneal and muscular coats 

 numerous small white points were observed, which on being cut into 

 were found to arise from the presence of minute worms, of three or 

 four lines in length, coiled up under the peritoneum. 



" The small intestines were strong and thick : their length 3 feet 

 11 inches. Their internal surface presented longitudinal rM^«. At 

 their termination in the large intestines there appeared the rudiment 

 of a ccecum. 



"Encircled by afold of the colon was situated the spleen, of a dark 

 red colour, and soft spongy structure, almost round in shape, and of 

 the size of a small egg : several tortuous veins proceeded from it, 

 and the veins and arteries of the mesentery in general were of the 

 Bame character. 



" The length of the large intestines vvas 1 foot7 inches ; the mus- 

 cular coat vvas particularly distinct; the villous smooth ; and several 

 black patches were observed on its surface, which exhibited great 

 vascularity. 



" The urinary bladder was double, or rather it might be said that 

 there were two bladdcrs, lying on opposite sides of the rectum, and 

 adhering to the sides of the pelvis, each communicating by a distinct 

 opening into the commencement of the cloaca. Their size and shape 

 was that of a small pear: their texture very thin and fibrous, the 

 fibres being irregularly disposed. 



" The ^e//w, 2-į- inches long, lay concealed entirely within the 

 cloaca. It was grooved along its upper surface vvith the furrovv usual 

 in the Tortoises, but instead of being free or disengaged, wa3 

 attached by a close union throughout its whole length on the under 

 side to the cloaca. The gluns was acuminate, and fuU an inch from 

 the a7ius. From this union of the penis to the cloaca it is difEcult to 

 conceive that it can ever be protruded externally, especially when 

 its distance from the external orifice of the cloaca is considered. The 

 duct of the right bladder, in length half an inch, was found to 

 terminale just above the furrow of the penis, while that of the left 

 opened an inch on one side of it. 



" The tesies were about the size of a pigeon's egg, elongated, of a 

 bright ochre colour, and situated in the pelvic portion of the abdo- 

 minal cavity, one on each side of the vertebral column ; their struc. 

 ture was soft and soraewhat granular, There were no suprarenal 

 capsules. Beneath the testes lay the kidneys, large, irregular in 

 figure, glandular in structurs, consisting of brain-like reduplications, 

 and dipping betvveen the interstices of the three lovvest ribs, (or 

 rudiments of ribs^) on each side of the vertebral column. 



