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MR. R. H, BURNE ON THE 



[Apr. 18, 



the apex of the right lobe of the liver. It has a similar position 

 in Eniys and Tesludo. 



The lining membrane of the first fourteen feet of the intes- 

 tine is strongly i-eticulated, as in Chelone imhi-icata (Bronn's 

 ' Thierreich,' Bd. vi. ph 38. fig. 1). 



The last thirty- two inches form the rectum, distinguished by a 

 finely villous lining. 



Text-fiff. 70. 



Dermocheli/s coriacea, al)dominal viscera seen from the ventral aspect. 



asc.oes. ascendinp: limb of (^sopliagus, desc.ces. descending- limb of oesopbag-us, 

 ffl.b. gall-bladder, ffl.st. globular part of stomach, int. intestine, l.a.ahd.v. 

 left anterior abdominal vein, pc. pericardium, pt.s. peritoneal sac, r.a.ahd.v. 

 right anterior abdominal vein, s.v. sinus venosus, spl. spleen, th.st. tubular 

 pait of tlic stcivnach. 



The Liver. (Text-fig. 70.) 



The liver consists of a large light and a smaller left lobe united 

 by a nari'ow ti'ansvei'se isthmus, and thus has xevy much the same 

 form as that of Testudo, 



