168 . PROF. W. H. FLOWER ON THE MUSK-DEER. _ [ Mar. 16, 
beneath the cartilages of the right ribs, scarcely passing beyond the 
middle line. Next appearéd a small portion of the abomasus 
emerging from beneath the edge of the liver and passing across to 
the left side. Beyond this and occupying all the middle part of the 
cavity from side to side was the large paunch, extending to within 
44 inches of the symphysis pubis. The spleen, attached along the 
left side of the paunch, close to its cardiac orifice, could be seen at 
the diaphragmatic end of the cavity ; and the left kidney projected 
from behind the edge of the paunch near its hinder end. The 
portion of the cavity between the paunch and the pubis was filled up 
superficially by the coils of small intestines. The great omentum 
descending from the inferior border of the abomasus, extremely thin 
and delicate and entirely without fat, passed over the right side of 
the paunch and small intestines to within 2 inches of the sym- 
physis pubis. 
The stomach resembles generally the figure given of it by Pallas, 
except that the psalterium is not so large as there represented. The 
drawings of the anterior and posterior surface (figs. 6 & 7), taken 
after it was removed from the body and moderately distended, are 
Fig. 6. 
Anterior or ventral aspect of the stomach, one fourth natural size. 
O, esophagus; Rv, rumen; 4@, its distal apex; Re, reticulum ; 
A, abomasus; p, pylorus. 
more correct. The coats of the organ throughout are very thin com- 
pared with those of other ruminants which [ have examined. How 
far this might have been an individual peculiarity, or a consequence 
of the morbidly emaciated state of the animal, I do not know. 
The rumen, or paunch (Ru), is about 8 inches in transverse di- 
ameter. It has the usual form, divided by an oblique constriction 
