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which are conspicuous sebaceous glands, but in no case was the 

 hair itself in situ. I presume tlie long bristle-like hairs, men- 

 tioned above, belonged to these follicles, though I am unable to 

 explain why they should have become loose (or wholly detached), 

 while over the remaining surface of the pouch they should have 

 remained firmly adherent. 



Ovaries and Ligaments (Figs. 1, 2, and 3). — The ovaries (ov) 

 are symmetrical, smooth, oval bodies, with the longer axis placed 

 nearly longitudinally. Each lies in a well-marked pouch or 

 recess constituted by the broad ligament (//) which, sweeping 

 across the pelvis, covers them loosely on their ventral, external, 

 and partly on their posterior surfaces. Behind, the broad ligament 

 passes to the neck and sides of the bladder, where it is lost; 

 laterally, after covering the ventral surface of the oviducts, it 

 extends to the sides and back of the pelvis, one prominent fold, 

 which originates from the outer and hinder region of the ovary, 

 constituting an ovario-pelvic ligament (Fig. 1, o/j>). A longi- 

 tudinal fold of peritoneum on each side, taking origin from the 

 posterior parietes of the abdomen internal to the kidney, and 

 partly also from the lower end of this organ, has its inner edge or 

 margin slightly thickened to form an ovarian suspensory liga- 

 ment (Fig. 1, s.l). On nearing the ovary its hinder end divides 

 into two portions, one of which — the thicker and more distinct — 

 is attached to the upper border of the ovary, and the other — 

 more ventrally placed — to the oviduct near its commencement. 

 Laterally and posteriorly this suspensory peritoneal fold is con- 

 tinuous with the pelvic inflection of the broad ligament as it 

 passes from the ovaries to the sides and back of the pelvis. 

 Springing from the peritoneum, which forms a loose investment 

 for the rectum on its ventral and lateral surfaces, along a line 

 so slightly oblique as to be almost median (Fig. 1, a\ is a 

 longitudinal fold or septum of peritoneum, having peculiar 

 anterior connections (b) with a coil of intestine (^int) not far from 

 the pylorus, the exact extent and disposition of which 

 requires further investigation. The ventral edge of this 

 median longitudinal fold is attached to the posterior surface 

 of the broad ligament in its middle line, as shosvn by the shaded 

 line (c) in fig. 3, and, in flg. 1, by the faint streak which appears 

 in the broad ligament as the downward continuation of the white 

 line («) ; this latter representing, as has been stated, the 

 line of attachment to the rectal pei'itoneum. The disposition 

 of the parts is somewhat similar to tliat which would obtain if, 

 in a case of uterus bicornis in the human subject, the pouch of 

 Douglas were longitudinally divided by a median septum passing 

 from the peritoneum covering tlie rectum to tlie posterior (dorsal) 

 surface of the broad ligament. 



