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root, between which three Isolated papilla appeared very distinct, 

 forming the three angles of a triangle. The submaxillary glands 

 were I4- in length, -f inch In breadth, and -^ In thickness, 



" To the above details I am able, through the kindness of Mr. 

 Rymer Jones, to add a description of the organs of generation, 

 illustrated by a sketch, which that gentleman was so obliging as to 

 make from the parts dissected. In removing the skin from the 

 animal the penis had been injured. 



" The bladder was 1^ Inch In length and -|- in breadth, its shape 

 being oval. The muscular coat was thick. The fibres were ga- 

 thered into strong transverse ruga on the anterior and posterior 

 aspects of the visctis, while laterally they formed two longitudinal 

 bands, each -i Inch in breadth, running from the fundus to the neck. 

 Beneath the transverse groups of fibres another set was found af- 

 fecting a longitudinal direction. 



" The end of the penis being deficient, — what remained mea- 

 suring l-^ Inch, — the urethra measured 5 inches in length ; the 

 length of Its prostatic portion being 24 inches, of the membranous -I-, 

 of the spongy 1^. Its circumference at the neck of the bladder and 

 throughout the prostatic portion was -i of an Inch, at the membra- 

 nous portion only 1-^ line, at the bulbous portion it was again di- 

 lated to -^ of an Inch. The lining membrane presented no folds, 

 but was perforated along the whole prostatic portion by innumerable 

 microscopic apertures arranged in parallel rows, through which on 

 squeezing the prostate its secretion oozed. 



" The ureters entered the bladder by two little apertures placed 

 close together Immediately above its neck. 



" The vasa deferentia terminated by two small orifices upon the 

 under surface of the urethra, about 2 lines from the commencement 

 of Its prostatic portion. 



" The prostate, 2-1 Inches In length. Inclosed the commencement 

 of the urethra for that extent, with a glandular envelopment -rVths 

 of an inch in thickness. Its commencement was marked by a decided 

 line of black matter, and the first half inch of its extent was 

 tinged by the same dark substance, resembling in colour the section 

 of a bronchial gland. The succeeding Inch was of a creamy white 

 hue, while the last portion presented a dingy green tinge. Its ducts 

 have been described. 



" Cowper's glands were two in number on each side, flask-shaped, 

 of the size of large peas, soft In texture, of a white colour, and 

 wrapped In a fibrous envelope. The ducts from the glands on each 

 side joined before entering the urethra, and the four opened by two 

 orifices, at the commencement of the bulbous portion of that tube. 



" The bulb of the coi-pus spongiosum was divided Into two parts, 

 each of an oblong shape, 4 ths of an Inch in length, and 4- In thick- 

 ness ; the parietes formed by a strong muscle constituting nearly the 

 whole mass. 



