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female, and measured in the length of its body 1 foot : the tail was 

 imperfect. The animal was in good condition ; indeed it was rather too 

 much loaded with fat to be perfectly active. On the abdomen being 

 opened the liver and the small intestines presented themselves, the 

 latter being covered by- an extensive omentum ; the stomach was 

 concealed beneath the liver. The liver was tripartite, with a lohulus 

 Spigelii, and consisted of one large right, and two left lobes ; the 

 latter together not exceeding in size the single one on the right. 

 On the under surface of the right lobe, near the edge, lay the gall- 

 bladder, almost globular in shape, and measuring nearly ^ths of an 

 inch from the fundus to the neck. It was full of dark greenish bile. 

 At the distance of ^ths of an inch from the neck, the biliary duct 

 was joined by the hepatic : the ductus choledochus communis then 

 continued on for more than -^ an inch, and entered the duodenum 

 about -i of an inch below the pylorus. The spleen, flat, elongated, 

 and narrow, occupied the usual situation, and was enveloped in a 

 fold of omentum, giving, when stretched out, a width of 1^ inch. 

 On turning back the stomach, the pancreatic gland was seen, hav- 

 ing a large process situated beneath the spleen and stomach; the 

 portion immediately covered by the latter dilating and forming a 

 ring, attached to the duodenum for the distance of 3 inches. In 

 the Suricate, this viscus is very similar, both in figure and situation. 

 Mr. Owen observes that "a transverse portion extends from the 

 spleen behind the stomach to the pylorus ; it then divides and forms 

 a circle, which lies in the concavity of the great curve of the duode- 

 num ;" and subsequently notices its resemblance to " the neutral 

 symbol of the entomologist p.' Such also is the figure of the 

 pancreas of the Mangue. 



"The stomach was very muscular, with longitudinal stria along its 

 larger curvature, and singularly contracted in the middle. It is to 

 be observed, however, that it was perfectly empty : when distended 

 with air, the stria and contraction disappeared. 



" The small intestines did not much exceed a common quill in cir- 

 cumference; they decreased in size from the duodenum, which was 

 very delicate. The small intestines measured 4 feet 2-i- inches, and 

 the large 4-J- inches, without bands, or sacculi. The ceecum was 1 

 inch in length and pointed. On each side of the anus were situated 

 two follicles of the size of a small horsebean, containing a thick unc- 

 tuous, but nearly inodorous matter. They opened externally on 

 the verge of the anus. 



" The kidneys, of which the right was rather higher than the left, 

 were of the usual shape, and 1 inch in length. Their cortical 

 structure was very distinct ; the tubuli terminated in one large co- 

 nical papilla. On the outer surface there ramified an arborescence 

 of small veins, as in the Cat, but by no means so beautifully and re- 

 gularly distributed. In this respect also the Mangue agrees with the 

 Suricate, as well as with the Viverridce generally. The supra-renal 

 glands were flat and oval; their external coat was grey; and beneath 

 this was spread an inner layer, resembling liver in colour and 

 texture. 



