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it for himself, he Vill not grudge the idle hour that 

 he may have been tempted to throw away on my 

 previous pages- 



The pupil of the human eye in the healthy state, 

 has always a black appearance, such being the 

 color of the human choroides : in animals, it varies 

 extremely, and, on very recent dissection, has the 

 greatest variety of richest hues ; though it is 

 extremely difficult to obtain a subject so imme- 

 diately after death as to make the observation, 

 except by waiting in the slaughter-house : in the 

 human subject this is obviously impossible; but 

 probably, if the opportunity of examination could 

 be found, the choroid coat would display a similar 

 richly-colored carpet in man. I may observe in 

 passing, that those who are desirous of examining 

 the organ for themselves, will find the eye of the pig 

 approach most nearly to the shape and construction 

 of our own. 



The choroides in the horse is blue in its appear- 

 ance, and it is very important to remember the 

 distinction. I once bought a horse for my cabriolet, 

 through the intervention of one of those go-betweens 

 that I have described : the man had for many 

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