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much smaller than those of the first, with which 

 they were almost directly continuous ; on an 

 average they would have held from three to four 

 drams, but the largest, which was situated at the 

 left extremity, were from two to four times as 

 large. There were thirteen transverse septa, 

 counting them on the large curvature, but some 

 of these bifurcated and some united towards 

 their extremities. These were intersected by two 

 others, four or five inches long and one fourth of 

 an inch wide, which arose from the left extremity 

 of the cavity, ran parallel along the large curva- 

 ture and were gradually lost ; they were also 

 intersected by very numerous, short, but not con- 

 tinuous septa, which formed the cells. This 

 cavity, like the first, was lined by cutis, without 

 papillae; cuticle not raised. Muscular coat 

 about two lines thick ; fibres mostly longitudinal, 

 though some were transverse ; the same struc- 

 ture was also seen about the cells and in the 

 septa." 



" The third cavity, or true organ of digestion, 

 was for the most part thin and membranous, of 

 an elongated form, but somewhat incurvated, 

 and measured three and a half feet in length. 

 Being cut open, it measured three inches across 

 at the left extremity, fourteen inches at the 

 largest part, or about the junction of the first 

 and second thirds, eight inches where it became 



