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(491.) At a little distance from the gizzard there is in the 

 Nautilus, appended to the side of the intestine, a globular viscus 

 (fig. 10, 3/), which is hollow, and its cavity communicates freely 

 with the intestinal canal. The interior of this organ Professor 

 Owen found to be occupied by broad parallel laminae, puckered 

 transversely so as to offer a great extent of surface ; and, when 

 examined under a lens, their structure was seen to be follicular, and 



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evidently fitted for secretion. The bile is poured into this cavity 

 at the extremity farthest from the intestine, by a duct large enough 

 to admit a common probe. 



