1842.] Manis Crassicaudata. 225 



having the appearance of the gizzard of rasorial birds. The left half of 

 the stomach thin, membranous, and distended with wind. (Esophagus 

 very small. The different parts of the intestines not distinguishable. 

 There appeared to be a duodenum 8 or 10 inches in length, and the 

 rest seemed to be ileum, being of the same size throughout, slender 

 and much convoluted, till it ended in the rectum, which is very large. 

 No ccecum was discoverable. The stomach is very large, extending 

 almost entirely across the abdomen. The two muscular portions above 

 noticed, felt to the hand as hard and round as racket balls, and rather 

 larger in size. On opening the cardiac division, it was found to be 

 full of gravel, quartz stones nearly half an inch long, the debris of 

 large black ants, and a perfect bundle of intestinal worms. These 

 were long, thin, cylindrical, semi-transparent, from one to two inches 

 long, and pointed at either end. The muscular portion near the pylorus 

 contained the debris of the ants, more digested and approaching the 

 appearance of faeces, mixed and hardened by the mixture of gravel 

 but without the large stones. The left and largest portions of the 

 stomach was a mere thin membranous bag, distended with wind, and 

 here, as well as in the cardiac gizzard, and even in the oesophagus, 

 the worms swarmed. The faeces of this animal when ejected are pe- 

 culiar, being in the shape of black, shining, truncated cylinders, about 

 2 j inches long and 1^ in diameter. Void of smell, and dry, with no 

 appearance of having been affected by bile. 



The glandulae renales large, and communicating by a duct, through 

 a double glandular-looking perforated excrescence, into the urethra, 

 not far from its mouth. No external parts of generation visible, except 

 the opening of the urethea, which is prodigiously large. On either side, 

 and within the skin are two well proportioned testicles ; but no where 

 could I detect the trace of a penis. Close in front of the orifice of the 

 urethra, is a sinuosity or fall in the skin, resembling a shallow rudi- 

 mentary sac. It appeared like a navel, but I could discover no com- 

 munication from it inwards. These do not appear to be any secreting 

 glands or follicles about the anus, although the animal emits a peculiar 

 and offensive odour. 



The subject from which these remarks are taken, died with its long 

 tongue protruded, and for about 20 hours before dissolution it was 

 unable to retract it. This prevented my being able to see the manner 



