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young out, and received a negative answer. Find- 

 ing the mammary glands so extremely enlarged, I 

 was induced (although pressed for time), to examine 

 the uterus, and posterior and internal parts of those 

 glands — the cornua as well as the other parts of the 

 uterus were much thickened, and apparently highly 

 injected with blood. On opening the cavity I 

 found it throughout thickly coated with slimy or 

 mucal secretion, (the only uterus found by me in 

 this state.) I now extended my examination in 

 front of the womb to the posterior part of the 

 mammae, and in doing so discovered a small gela- 

 tinous mass, about twice the size of a pea. On a 

 closer inspection, it appeared to be retained in a 

 thin transparent tube. I watched the substance 

 narrowly and could distinctly perceive the rudiments 

 of an animal. The feet were not developed, but 

 pulsation and motion were not only observed by me, 

 but by two of the men with me, both exclaiming 

 "look at the little animal!" although I feel convinced 

 that they did not know what I was searching for. 

 There was not time to examine further into its state. 

 I carefully removed the uterus, the apparent embryo 

 and the mammae, and put it in a wide-mouthed 

 bottle with some spirits, and gave it in charge of the 

 seaman who was to carry a portion of the animal 

 for the dinner of that day. It was placed in a can- 

 vass bag, but on crossing a deep watercourse he had 

 the misfortune to break the bottle, which he never 

 mentioned until the following day. The contents 



