276 PROF. ST.-GEORGE MIVART ON THE [ Feb. 21, 
the gut. Each consists of a little aggregation of from three to five 
crypts. 
The colon is smooth and not sacculated, save slightly at its com- 
mencement, where one of the bands of the ceecum is continued 
upon it. 
The cecum is very large, and appears even yet larger than it is, 
because the proximal end of the colon, J. 7, is dilated into a colic 
pouch which is 53 (24, inches) in diameter. There is no sacculus 
rotundus as in the Hare and Rabbit. The total length of the 
Fig. 5. 
Diaphragmatic aspect of the liver of Hrethizon dorsatus. 
f.lg, falciform ligaments ; /g, ligament ; LO and LL, left central and left lateral 
lobes; RO and RL, right central and right lateral lobes; 8, spigelian 
lobe; v.c, vena cava, 
cecum, measured (as curved) along its middle is 28 inches. Its 
_ breadth at the opening into it of the small intestine is 8.1 (335 
inches). 
There are three longitudinal bands, one extending along the con- 
cavity of the viscus, where the mesentery is attached, and one on 
each side. Only one of the three bands is continued upon the 
colon, namely the band (that on fig. 4) which extends along that side 
