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MR. F. E. BEDDARD ON THE ANATOMY OF 



[May 26, 



very interesting. The colon where it leaves the region of the 

 two paired c^ca is attached to the stomach by a fold of the 

 omentum. After this follows a section of the colon to which 

 there is no such omental attachment, and again at the com- 

 mencement of the descending colon the omentum is for a second 

 time inserted upon it. This arrangement of the omental 



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Alimentary tract of JLyrax capensis. 



Coe. Csecum. C. Region of colon in which fixed loopi5 occasionally occur, c.d. 

 Ligamentum colico-duodenale. I. Ligament uniting cajcuni and commencement 

 of colon. O. Omentum, p.a. Ansa paracaecalis. 



attachments is precisely like that of Orycterojms as I have 

 described on p. 573. And, as I point out in describing this 

 feature in Oryctero'pus, there is a likeness with the foetal condition 

 in man. There is furthermore, as the figure cited shows, a 

 well-marked colico- duodenal ligament attaching the duodenum 



