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  THE 
  PYTHON. 
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  pression. 
  The 
  emulgent 
  artery 
  is 
  connected 
  with 
  the 
  kidney 
  in 
  the 
  

   same 
  manner, 
  as 
  were 
  the 
  veins 
  and 
  ureter; 
  it 
  is 
  seen 
  passing 
  from 
  the 
  

   upper, 
  to 
  terminate 
  at 
  the 
  lower 
  extremity 
  of 
  the 
  gland, 
  being 
  in 
  con- 
  

   tact 
  with 
  that 
  vein 
  which 
  forms 
  the 
  origin 
  of 
  the 
  vena 
  cava. 
  It 
  is 
  about 
  

   a 
  line 
  in 
  its 
  greatest 
  diameter, 
  where 
  it 
  touches 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  kidney. 
  

   The 
  capsular 
  renales 
  are 
  two 
  long 
  narrow 
  bodies, 
  of 
  a 
  light 
  yellow 
  

   colour 
  and 
  speckled 
  appearance, 
  being 
  situated 
  above 
  and 
  near 
  the 
  kid- 
  

   neys, 
  but 
  not 
  in 
  contact 
  with 
  them. 
  That 
  on 
  the 
  right 
  side 
  is 
  six 
  

   inches 
  long, 
  and 
  from 
  one 
  to 
  two 
  lines 
  broad 
  ; 
  it 
  comes 
  to 
  a 
  point 
  at 
  each 
  

   end, 
  and 
  is 
  about 
  three-fourths 
  of 
  an 
  inch 
  distant 
  from 
  the 
  kidney, 
  to 
  

   which 
  it 
  is 
  connected 
  by 
  the 
  peritoneum. 
  The 
  left 
  capsule 
  is 
  one 
  inch 
  

   shorter 
  than 
  the 
  other, 
  and 
  is 
  situated 
  lower 
  in 
  the 
  body, 
  but 
  in 
  other 
  

   respects 
  they 
  resemble 
  each 
  other 
  in 
  all 
  particulars. 
  The 
  capsules 
  and 
  

   the 
  ovaria 
  lie 
  almost 
  in 
  contact, 
  and 
  are 
  included 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  process 
  

   of 
  peritoneum. 
  

  

  ORGANS 
  OF 
  GENERATION. 
  

  

  The 
  ovaria 
  are 
  rounded 
  and 
  somewhat 
  flattened 
  bodies 
  of 
  a 
  yellow- 
  

   ish 
  colour, 
  and 
  filled 
  with 
  a 
  muddy 
  coloured 
  albumen. 
  They 
  are 
  

   numerous, 
  and 
  vary 
  from 
  one 
  to 
  six 
  lines 
  in 
  diameter; 
  they 
  are 
  all 
  

   connected 
  together 
  and 
  arranged 
  in 
  a 
  row, 
  which, 
  on 
  the 
  right, 
  is 
  ten 
  

   inches 
  long, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  left 
  eight 
  — 
  the 
  whole 
  forming 
  a 
  curve, 
  the 
  

   convexity 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  outward 
  on 
  either 
  side. 
  The 
  upper 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  

   row 
  commences 
  near 
  the 
  fimbriated 
  extremity 
  of 
  the 
  oviduct, 
  which 
  is 
  

   here 
  drawn 
  in 
  towards 
  their 
  commencement. 
  The 
  oviducts 
  are 
  two 
  

   in 
  number, 
  and 
  are 
  arranged 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  that 
  on 
  the 
  right 
  side 
  is 
  three 
  

   feet 
  three 
  inches 
  in 
  length, 
  the 
  other 
  eight 
  inches 
  shorter, 
  but 
  with 
  

   this 
  exception 
  they 
  are 
  precisely 
  alike. 
  The 
  oviduct, 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  found 
  in 
  

   an 
  unimpregnated 
  state, 
  is 
  flaccid 
  and 
  collapsed, 
  being 
  marked 
  by 
  

   minute 
  transverse 
  folds 
  or 
  wrinkles, 
  which 
  disappear 
  upon 
  distention. 
  

   Inflation 
  causes 
  this 
  tube 
  to 
  swell 
  out, 
  displaying 
  a 
  most 
  beautiful 
  

   transparent 
  membrane 
  of 
  wonderful 
  delicacy 
  of 
  structure; 
  it 
  then 
  

   presents 
  successive 
  enlargements 
  or 
  ampullae, 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  inches 
  in 
  

   extent, 
  and 
  contractions, 
  extending 
  an 
  inch 
  or 
  more, 
  interposed 
  be- 
  

   tween 
  them. 
  The 
  peritoneal 
  attachment 
  is 
  at 
  least 
  four 
  inches 
  in 
  

   breadth, 
  and 
  is 
  so 
  loose 
  as 
  to 
  allow 
  the 
  oviduct 
  to 
  be 
  spread 
  out 
  from 
  

  

  