112 Kneeland on the Anatomy of Crocodilus lucius. 
the colon, separated by a well-marked ileo-colic valve. From 
the pylorus to this valve was 12 feet only; cut open, the 
small intestine was an inch wide. The large intestine, from 
the valve to anus, was 18 inches long; cut open, 5 inches 
wide. ‘Thus, the whole length of the alimentary canal was 
only 132; feet, not quite twice the length of the animal. 
The kidneys were situated very far back, in contact on the 
median line. Each was 7 inches long, and 3 broad in the 
middle ; of the shape of an irregular cone, the apex forwards; 
color, light red; divided into many convoluted lobules. They 
were covered externally with innumerable small, whitish 
points, having the appearance and feel of grains of sand: 
the same appearance was noticed in the interior of the organ. 
The ureters were 5 inches long, of the size of crow-quills, 
opening into the cloaca; they contained the usual viscid 
creamy substance, the urine, which in these animals is ex- 
creted as a hard paste. 
The ovaries were situated above the kidneys, on the median 
line. They were mottled externally; containing numerous 
transparent vesicles, and many globular bodies with firm 
walls filled with a creamy substance. These last varied in 
size from a large grape to a pea. There were also some of 
these globular bodies void of contents, which could be easily 
detached from their nidus in the ovary. These different sized 
vesicles gave to the organ the appearance of a bunch of grapes, 
or a collection of hydatids. 
The oviducis were very tortuous in the beginning of their 
course, and about 10 feet long. Their first portion was thin, 
resembling an intestine ; the lower portion, thick and strong. 
In the right oviduct, 18 inches from the cloaca, was an egg» 
(about the size of a goose-egg,) easily movable up or down 
the duct. Over it the walls were much injected, and also for 
the portion below it. In the left oviduct, 9 feet from the 
cloaca, was a second egg, and three inches higher up a third. 
These last could not be readily moved. At each extrem- 
ity was an elliptical, yellow, fatty mass, about an inch long. 
