REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY OF THE MOLE, 211 
eourse forwards and backwards.” By “‘common vagina” Hunter 
doubtless means urogenital sinus, and the serpentine condition of 
the vagina may be taken as an indication that the mole dissected 
was not a virgin female in its first year. It is remarkable that 
no chance ever brought to John Hunter an example of a female 
mole in its virgin condition. Our knowledge is the poorer as a 
consequence; for the reflections of the man who observed that 
‘there is very little fat on a mole” upon discovering the absence 
of an outlet for the female genital tract can well be imagined. 
Text-figure 11. 
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. INTE ELL 
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Section through the pelvis of a female of the first year (November). 
The female genital passages are represented by the solid epithelial strand (ep.sti.). 
r., rectum ; gl., gland; w., urethra; gen. tub., genital tubercle. 
The descriptions of Owen and others are obviously founded 
upon the examination of similar material. 
In describing the genitalia of any mammal—and this applies 
more especially to the Insectivora—it is almost essential to record 
the condition of sexual activity in which the organs were at the 
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