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  Transactions. 
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  Zoology. 
  

  

  speak 
  of 
  the 
  commencement 
  of 
  the 
  intestine, 
  passed 
  directly 
  forwards, 
  

   plunged 
  immediately 
  into 
  a 
  cylindrical 
  mass 
  of 
  densely 
  packed 
  pyloric 
  

   pancreatic 
  cseca. 
  These 
  were 
  short, 
  adherent 
  to 
  one 
  another, 
  and 
  so 
  closely 
  

   massed 
  that 
  the 
  intestine 
  appeared 
  to 
  have 
  no 
  proper 
  wall, 
  appearing 
  more 
  

   like 
  a 
  broad 
  glandular 
  duct 
  ; 
  on 
  cutting 
  into 
  the 
  pancreatic 
  mass, 
  a 
  white 
  

   chylous 
  fluid 
  exuded 
  abundantly. 
  The 
  glandular 
  mass 
  was 
  15in. 
  long 
  by 
  

   more 
  than 
  Sin. 
  bvoad. 
  At 
  its 
  extremity 
  the 
  thin-walled 
  intestine 
  emerged 
  

   from 
  the 
  pancreatic 
  mass 
  and 
  turned 
  abruptly 
  backw^ards, 
  passing 
  without 
  

   any 
  convolution 
  to 
  the 
  vent. 
  It 
  was 
  full 
  of 
  a 
  gruelly 
  fluid. 
  

  

  The 
  stomach 
  exhibited, 
  in 
  its 
  anterior 
  part, 
  strong 
  longitudinal 
  

   muscular 
  bundles 
  becoming 
  more 
  and 
  more 
  attenuated 
  as 
  they 
  proceeded 
  

   backwards. 
  It 
  was 
  empty, 
  being 
  merely 
  coated 
  with 
  a 
  layer 
  of 
  mucus, 
  

   stained 
  of 
  a 
  pinkish 
  hue, 
  with 
  dark 
  red 
  particles 
  here 
  and 
  there. 
  A 
  

   microscopic 
  examination 
  of 
  this 
  mucus 
  made 
  with 
  the 
  object 
  of 
  dete]?mining 
  

   the 
  nature 
  of 
  the 
  food 
  of 
  this 
  deep-sea 
  fish, 
  discovered 
  myriads 
  of 
  minute 
  

   conical 
  calcareous 
  bodies, 
  some 
  of 
  them 
  perforated 
  longitudinally, 
  having 
  a 
  

   very 
  uniform 
  size 
  of 
  about 
  -^\-^ 
  inch 
  by 
  ycVo 
  i^^^h 
  broad 
  at 
  the 
  base. 
  I 
  do 
  

   not 
  know 
  what 
  these 
  may 
  be, 
  but 
  am 
  inclined 
  to 
  think 
  that 
  they 
  are 
  the 
  

   cutaneous 
  species 
  of 
  some 
  echinoderm. 
  

  

  The 
  fish 
  was 
  a 
  female, 
  the 
  ova 
  exceedingly 
  minute 
  and 
  undeveloped. 
  A 
  

   single 
  oviduct, 
  divided 
  12 
  inches 
  anteriorly 
  to 
  the 
  vent 
  into 
  two 
  cylindrical 
  

   ovaries, 
  these 
  ran 
  forward 
  to 
  a 
  point 
  17 
  inches 
  posteriorly 
  to 
  the 
  snout, 
  the 
  

   right 
  being 
  somewhat 
  smaller 
  than 
  the 
  left, 
  they 
  each 
  terminated 
  in 
  a 
  

   strong 
  suspensary 
  ligament. 
  

  

  The 
  large 
  liver, 
  of 
  a 
  most 
  beautiful 
  vivid 
  orange 
  tint, 
  weighed 
  415. 
  12|oz. 
  

   It 
  was 
  cleft 
  into 
  two 
  longitudinal 
  lobes 
  posteriorly; 
  there 
  was 
  also 
  some 
  

   minor 
  lobation, 
  one 
  smaller 
  lobe 
  overlapping 
  the 
  large 
  gall 
  bladder 
  which 
  

   was 
  full 
  of 
  dirty 
  watery 
  fluid. 
  The 
  liver 
  overlapped 
  the 
  pyloric 
  mass 
  which 
  

   was 
  entered 
  by 
  the 
  ductus 
  choledocus. 
  

  

  The 
  kidneys 
  had 
  the 
  usual 
  situation 
  and 
  appearance 
  ; 
  their 
  length 
  was 
  

   2ft. 
  Gin. 
  There 
  was 
  no 
  swim-bladder, 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  dorsal 
  bladders 
  spoken 
  

   of 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Travers 
  I 
  need 
  hardly 
  say 
  there 
  was 
  no 
  trace. 
  It 
  is 
  evident 
  that 
  

   the 
  curious 
  spaces 
  left 
  by 
  the 
  detachment 
  of 
  the 
  strong 
  longitudinal 
  

   intermuscular 
  septa 
  were 
  mistaken 
  for 
  bladders 
  by 
  that 
  gentleman. 
  

  

  The 
  skeleton 
  consisted 
  of 
  the 
  softest 
  cartilage 
  ; 
  it 
  would 
  have 
  been 
  a 
  

   matter 
  of 
  the 
  greatest 
  dif&culty 
  to 
  isolate 
  and 
  preserve 
  it. 
  

  

  