Mil. JAMES JOHNSTONE OK THE 



openings being situated laterally to the ostium of theoesopliagus. 

 The number of these openings was about thirty, but it was difficult 

 to count them exactly, as occasionally several seemed to open out 

 from the bottom of little gutters, and very short ducts frequently 

 branched quite near to the surface into several smaller tubules. 

 Their arrangement was an irregular one, but they occupied a central 



Tig. 1. 



Schematic representations of the stomachs of— I. Castor (after Home), II. 

 Phascolomys (Home), HI. Phascolarctus (Oppel), IV. Manis (Weber), 

 V. Myoxus (Toepfer). I. and II. have their inner surfaces everted ; III. 

 and IV. are in sagittal section. All the figures reduced.— 6. y., bulbiis 

 ventrieuli ; duo, duodenum ; g.g., gastric gland ; m, oesophagus ; py, 

 pylorus ; tr, " Ti-iturationsorgan." 



position on the thickened area, leaving an annular space free. The 

 Koala was a young one, measuring about 26 cm. from the snout 

 along the back to the root of the tail. The gland on the lesser 

 curvature was almost circular in shape and measured about 



