6s ACCOUNT OF THE VICUNA. 



intestine afterward made a thousand circumvolutions in the 

 abdomen, terminating at length in another caecum, without 

 an appendage like the former; whence issued a portion of 

 intestine of considerable bulk, which, after forming two or 

 three curves in the manner of a colon, terminated in the 

 rectum. 



Thus it appears, that the vicuna has three sets of intes- 

 tines, the first and third large, and the middle slender. 



No worms in I met with no worms in the intestines, the infinite wind- 



tliem. |j,gs gjnj intersections of which would appear favourable to 



their formation. 



Liver. The liver, which I did not at first perceive, was found 



deeply concealed behind the stomach, and attached by very 

 close membranous ligaments to the crura of the diaphragm, 

 and to the corresponding dorsal vertebra. It was of very 

 small bulk, of an oval figure, flattenned transversely, and 



No gall blad- exhibiting two lobules at its anterior edge. It was destitute 

 of a gall bladder ; and the bile was taken directly from the 

 ■ liver by a duct, that conveyed it into a portion of the duo- 

 denum. This duct and the vena portae crossed each other. 



J^pleen. The spleen, which was likeivise very small, and of a 



rounded form, was situate in the left lumbar region, contigu- 

 ous to the kidney of the same side. These two organs were 

 enclosed in one common duplicature of the peritoneum. 



J'Ung*. The lungs exhibited nothing remarkable. They partook 



of the general inflammation, and the bronchise were filled 

 with a frothy sanguineous fluid. The trachea and larynx 

 had the same figure and organization as those of the camel. 



Heart. The heart, which was of a size proportional to the ani- 



mal, formed almost a perfect cone; only its point, which 

 was very accute, curved upwards and to the left, and the 

 cavity of the ventricle on that side reached to the point. 



I did not seethe brain, as I wished to preserve the skull 

 entire. 



After having examined the viscera of the animal, I pro- 

 ceeded with the dissection. The cartilaginous state of the 

 extremities of the bones did not allow me to make an arti- 

 ficial skeleton of them. 



Among the bony parts of the thorax the sternum merits 

 some attention. It is in a horizontal plane, like that of the 



camel, 



