PACHYDERMES. 99 



remarked by an eminent anatomist, like the 

 Cyclopean walls of some ancient city, huge and 

 shapeless, and piled over each other as if they 

 were destined more to sustain the weight, than 

 to permit motion. The strength and power of 

 this frame-work will be better seen in the accom- 

 panying representation of the skeleton of the 

 Rhinoceros, Plate I. taken from Cuvier's Ossemens 

 Fossiles. 



The internal structure of the Pachydermes is more 

 simple than that of the Ruminants. Though they 

 feed on nearly the same sort of sustenance, a few, 

 as the Pigs, are nearly omnivorous ; at least, in a 

 domesticated state, they feed on almost anything 

 that is set before them, flesh, fish, or vegetables. The 

 stomach of the Elephant is of a very lengthened 

 and narrow form ; its greatest diameter next the 

 cardiac orifice is only about a fourth of its length. 

 The internal membrane forms there thick wrinkles, 

 and five large folds placed across, of which the 

 first arises very near the cardiac orifice. This 

 membrane is itself smooth, and is united in the 

 middle part of the stomach ; it .only has some 

 large transverse wrinkles towards the pylorus, 

 which cross and intercept each other, often forming 

 a number of small hollows. The muscular part 

 is throughout very thick. There seems also to 

 be a receptacle in the stomach of this huge beast, 

 though in a much less extent than that of the 

 Camel, to allow it to retain or secrete a supply of 



