46 CARNIVORA. 



the great curvature to the oesophagus ; but it is attached to the stomach 

 on the posterior surface at the cardia 1 . 



As the gall-bladder does not adhere to the under surface of the liver 

 or to the under part of any of the lobes, but lies between the two lobes, 

 or rather in a deep sulcus of the liver, it is by that means not so pen- 

 dulous as in the human, and of course does not make that sharp turn or 

 angle with the ducts, but only a gentle curve. 



The clitoris is a little prominent, terminating in a point : the erectores 

 are very strong, and are partly inserted into the eras, and partly pass 

 on to the pubis to be inserted there as in the mare ; but the clitoris is 

 cavernous. Cowper's glands are very large, and enter above the middle 

 of the common vagina, and are covered by the sphincter vaginae : this 

 muscle is at one part as in the human ; but above that part it is very 

 strong, and goes round the common vagina its whole length, and round 

 the meatus urinarius at its termination. 



The common vagina and the true vagina are as in the lioness. The 

 longitudinal rugae are three in number, one terminating at the os tinea? 

 posteriorly, and the other two laterally ; and at the mouth of the true 

 vagina it is thicker and more rugous. The os tincse is just behind or 

 rather above the upper part of the pubis. The fimbriae are not continued 

 along the suspensory ligament, as in the lioness : the capsula ovarii is 

 very thin, as in the lioness, not fat as in the bitch ; and this was a 

 pretty fat leopard. The uterus is as in the lioness 2 . 



The two lateral bags, one on each side of the anus, are as large as a 

 walnut, and are covered by a sphincter ani. When cut into there are 

 two white spots on the inside, which seem to be glandular, but are very 

 small when compared to the bag. But as this juice is only required, 

 perhaps, when going to stool, there were only required glands to secrete 

 enough between times. When looking on the internal opening of these 

 bags into the anus, it has the appearance of the human os tineas 3 . 



The anus has a depressor and a levator muscle. The depressor arises 

 from the tail just above the verge of the anus : it is very narrow ; it 

 passes up, and when just above the union of the levator it spreads on 

 the posterior surface of the rectum. The levator arises from the middle 

 of the os sacrum and passes down and a little out ; then unites with its 

 fellow behind the anus, just below the depressor, and is lost on the side 

 of the anus and vagina : but these muscles are elastic in some measure ; 

 whether the elastic fibres mix with the muscular or not, I do not know. 



The eye of a leopard is very large 4 . The optic nerve is small in 

 comparison. The sclerotic is thickest at the anterior part, especially 



1 [Hunt. Prep. No. 833 (spleen).] 2 [lb. No. 2795.] 



3 [Home, Comp. Anat. i. p. 438.] * [Hunt. Prep. No. 1733.] 



