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other parts : the rectum also contained similar 

 fcEces, but mixed with a curdy matter ; and there 

 were several large patches of ulceration on the 

 inner coat,* more particularly near the termina- 

 tion of the gut ; the kidneys were healthy ; on 

 the right the capsula renalis was large, but none 

 was seen on the left ; the bladder was quite 

 empty, the inner surface scarcely moist. The 

 animal had been castrated, but the spermatic 

 cord terminated in the scrotum in two small oval 

 substances, rather larger than small peas ; the 

 sacrum and os coccygis were similar to those 

 parts in the human subject. 



The communication of the larynx was ex- 

 amined ; the epiglottis was only indicated by a 

 slight obtuse angular rising ; the sacculi laryngis 

 were three-eighths of an inch in the long dia- 

 meter, one-eighth in the short ; their margins 

 were well defined, continued forwards, below 

 the body of the os hyoides, into a membranous 

 sac, situated beneath the external thick one.f 

 This animal has one common sac, and thus 

 differs from the orang-utan, which has two. The 



* A portion of the ulcerated intestine has been deposited 

 in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons in 

 London. 



t The larynx and appendages have been deposited in the 

 Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons in London. 



