1872.] 



DR. J. MURIE ON THE INDIAN WILD DOG. 



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palate 2'2 inches ; breadth opposite the canines 0*8 inch ; the widest 

 part behind 1*4 inch. It was pale in colour, the intervening spaces 

 smooth, the ridges rather rough. Anteriorly there was a semiridge 

 with a median nipple and excretory duct, close behind which the 

 arched ridges commence. Of these there were nine bow-shaped — 

 that is, had a central backward indent ; and this produced the ap- 

 pearance of a mesial longitudinal depression with cross-hatching. 



Fig. 2. 



Soles of the fore (F) and hind (H) foot 

 of the Indian Wild Dog, showing the 

 disposition of the cushions, &c. 



The stomach was canine-like in formation. The oesophagus en- 

 tered well to the left, with no adjoining cul de sac, and a wide but 

 very moderate inflated fundus. The great curvature had a regular 

 arch, with no special expansion towards the pylorus ; and the lesser 

 curvature was shallow. 



Spleen flattish but altogether funnel-shaped, or with a broadish 

 head and elongate tongue-shaped extremity. Entire length 6 inches ; 



