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honey, giving the whole a beautifully translucent appear- 

 ance. By far the greater proportion, however, appeared 

 to be withering, as after tlie expulsion of the ova ; these' 

 were of all sizes, from that of the most perfect down- 

 wards ; the forms were various and irregular, the surface 

 uneven, and the investing membrane had more or less of 

 a dead, opaque, whitish appearance and was much thick- 

 ened ; the contents resembled crumbling masses of soft, 

 yellow' wax. Besides these, there were also multitudes 

 of others, most of them very minute and completely 

 wasted. 



Of the Penis nothing was noted. It was an organ, 

 however, of immense size, and perfectly resembled the 

 clitoris in form, as 1 have already stated. Two very long, 

 round, fleshy muscles, which served as retractors, arose 

 from deep within the pelvis and reached quite to its 

 extremity. The two prolongations from the peritoneal 

 . cavity, extending its whole length and terminating in a 

 cul de sac, were quite distinct. 



The Testicles^ situated very near to the kidneys, were 

 four and a half inches long, and one inch at the widest 

 part, elongated, narrow and of a pyriform shape. The 

 epididymis is separated from the body, and the vasa dek^ 

 rentla open into the urethra in about the same place as 

 the oviducts in the female. 



Heart of the male tortoise. The two auricles were 



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very large, of a regular, rounded form, having an entire, 

 thin, membranous septum between them, and separated 

 from the ventricles on the external surface by a deep 

 furrow; neither of them had any appendix. The right 

 was m-uch the largest of the two ; a single vena cava 

 entered at the upper part (supposing the organ to be in 

 its natural position) and regurgitation of the blood was 



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