42 CARNIVORA. 



behind the neck of the bladder ; none of it lies upon the sides of the 

 bladder as in the human. The urethra is very long between the bladder 

 and the bulb ; it is very muscular, becoming more so towards the bulb, 

 and becoming thicker. There are two erectores penis on each side ; a 

 large external one enclosing almost the whole crus, and part of which 

 is inserted by a broad tendon into the pubis ; and a second much smaller 

 one which lies between the penis and the os pubis, where the crus 

 adheres to that part and passes on towards the symphysis, where it 

 seems to join its fellow on the other side by a strong tendon, just under 

 the symphysis, and then passes over the vena magna ; they look as if 

 they would compress it. 



There are two transversales [or acceleratores urinse] on each side, 

 one external and one internal. The external is inserted into the be- 

 ginning of the bulb below Cowper's glands, and the other above these 

 glands ; but both are in contact with the gland. Cowper's glands are 

 very large, and are covered by the acceleratores, which makes a kind of 

 pouch for them. There is a strong muscle arising from the hollow of 

 the os sacrum which spreads on the posterior and lateral parts of the 

 rectum ; part of it is lost in the sphincter ani, and the rest in the 

 common insertion of the sphincter and accelerator urinse. Two small 

 muscles run over the bulb, and along the under side of the urethra, to 

 the reflexion of the prepuce, and there seem to be lost in the skin of the 

 glans. The use of those muscles is to draw the penis back in the soft 

 state, and bend it back or curve it as the flexor tendons of the fingers 

 do them. The penis, after it has passed forward and a little upward, 

 makes a turn backward, vk. that part which seems to be prominent, 

 so that they are ' retromingent.' There is but a little of the penis 

 covered by the prepuce, only the glans as in the human ; but all the 

 skin of the penis is covered with hah', excepting that part of the prepuce 

 that is in contact with the glans ; so when the prepuce is brought back 

 over the penis, there is only about 2 inches of penis that seems fit to 

 enter. The construction is a good deal like the human. 



Of ilie Female Parts of Generation. — The bladder is pendulous, and is 

 attached to the abdomen by a thin ligament. The urethra is very long, 

 and at its entrance into the common vagina, it is covered by a thick 

 strong muscle common to it and to the common vagina. Of the clitoris, 

 the crus on one side does not communicate or unite with the other, and 

 therefore it seems to have no body ; it is vascular, as in the human, but 

 does not stand so prominent in the common vagina ; it is a little rugous ; 

 which rugae are penniform, having a little hole just at the external 

 part. The erector muscles are inserted into the clitoris, and arise each 

 by a strong tendon from the pubis near the symphysis ; by which 



