CHAP, x.] DIGESTIVE APPARATUS IN THE ANIMAL SERIES. 171 



gland. A degree of glandular entanglement is observable in 

 the chimaera monstruosa, in which the pancreas adheres alike to 

 the spleen and the liver. 



After the pancreas no large gland figures in the rest of the 

 digestive tube. There are merely small mucous glands scattered 

 here and there. We have already said a few words about them, 

 and, when treating of digestion, we shall have to indicate the 

 part they play. 



