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" The liver (which was highly disorganized) consisted of two 

 nearly equal left lobes, and of two right lobes of which the outer- 

 most was partially divided, but not so completely as to make the 

 number of right lobes three. The lobulus SpicjcUi was small. 



" In a cleft in the first or central right lobe, a little to the right of 

 the ligamenturn latum (which was thin), appeared the gall-bladder, 

 small, globular, and empty : its duct received several small hepatic 

 tubes, and entered the duodenum half an inch below the pylorus. 



" The sjileen was attached to the lower part of the oesophagus arid 

 the cardiac sacculus by a riband of mesentery, half an inch in 

 breadth when extended. In figure this viscus was pointed at both 

 ends, and three-sided, or prismatic : its length was H inch ; its 

 greatest breadth half an inch. 



" Beneath the cardiac portion of the stomach and the spleen, lay 

 the pancreas, a soft indefinite mass spreading through the mesentery: 

 a portion of it followed the course of the duodenum for about an 

 inch. Its duct entered the intestine along with the bihary duct. 



" The stomach, 2 inches in length, and somewhat more than 1 

 inch in depth, was of a regular figure, its cardiac sacculus projecting 

 but little beyond the entrance of the asophagus; between which and 

 the pyloric opening there intervened a good distance, (about % of 

 an inch). The pyloric portion of the stomach was of equal volume 

 with the cardiac, and did not diminish rapidly but was globular. 

 Internally, the stomach had a cuticular and villous portion; the cuti- 

 cular lining, occupying about a third of the whole, covered the car- 

 diac end, commencing anterior to the entrance of the msophagus. 

 " The small intestines measured 2 feet 6" inches in length. 

 "The c<ECM?« was large and sacculated, being puckered into sacculi 

 by two strong muscular bands. It measured 3 inches in length, was 

 loaded with fsecal matter, and was ulcerated through in several 

 points, from which the /Vecps had escaped in small quantity. It was 

 so tender that it could not be distended. 



" The colon formed a loop 5 inches in length, analogous to that 

 which exists in Capromys and Coypus: at the part where the intes- 

 tine leaves this duplicature the faces assumed distinct oval forms. 

 The first length of this fold or loop of the colon was larger than the 

 second or returning length ; and this portion with the rest of the 

 large intestines scarcely equalled the small in diameter. 



" The total length of the large intestines was 1 foot 5-J inches. 

 " The right kidney was placed higher than the left : the kidneys 

 were of an oval shape, and 4 of an inch in length. The/3«/>i7/a was 

 large and single. 



" The renal capsule was of the size of a pea, round, of a yellow- 

 ish grey colour, and soft internally. 



" The lungs consisted of three right and two left lobes. 

 " The heart presented nothing remarkable. 



"The penis, measured from the pubis, was 1-V inch in length. 

 The gluns was supported by an osseous stylet, and its upper sur- 

 face was rough with numerous minute but horny retrovertod papillce. 

 At the orifice of the urethra were four long, conical, horny papillce. 



