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and soft ; the other is long, thin and strong, and of a whitish colonr ; 

 the former is brown 1 . 



The female has a hole between the nose and upper lip ; but [there 

 was] none in the male : the nose projects near an inch over the mouth. 

 It has a worm in the tongue, but it is small. 



The orifice of the saceulus laryngis is very small, close to the thyroid 

 cartilage at the root of the epiglottis, and opens into a long bag, ex- 

 tending to the arytenoid cartilage, between the thyroid and the os 

 hyoides, and over it • so that the base of the tongue is only a thin 

 membrane : there are two ligaments passing forwards from the arytenoid 

 cartilages, having a muscle passing between them on that part next to 

 the arytenoid cartilages, and the orifices of the sacculi are on the other 

 part. The upper ligament is inserted into a knob of the thyroid carti- 

 lage. The arytenoid cartilage has two points, one on the middle way 

 between the arytenoid and the epiglottis. The thyroid gland is as in 

 the dog, but is rather flatter. The os hyoides is attached to the basis 

 of the head. The duct of the parotid gland is as in the human. 



At the beginning of the oesophagus the internal membrane is corru- 

 gated, making a kind of valve. The length of the oesophagus below the 

 diaphragm is about an inch. The epiploon 2 is as in a dog, going round 

 and round the intestines. 



The abdominal viscera are just like a dog's, only there is no csecum, 

 but a little valvular structure not sufficient to prevent regurgitation 3 ; 

 [so that there is] but one continued canal, as in the bear, becoming a 

 little larger at the usual place where the csecum is in other animals ; 

 then taking the same course, but the canal does not adhere by contact 

 or broad surface 4 . The rectum is stronger than the other guts, and 

 becomes gradually larger. There is a bag on each side of the anus ; 

 but, all round the verge of the anus for an inch in breadth, it is studded 

 with the sebaceous glands 5 . 



There is but one line of adhesion for the liver, stomach, spleen, and 

 all the intestines, to the body of this animal ; except the vena cava for 

 the liver, and the oesophagus for the stomach. This line is from the 

 diaphragm down the back to the rectum ; and it is only a thin doubling 

 to the rectum. The whole intestine is about six times the length of 

 the animal. 



The lower end of the gall-bladder is only attached by a thin mem- 

 brane. There are two hepatic ducts : the ductus communis choledochus 

 enters the intestines about 2 inches beyond the pylorus; and the 



1 [Hunt. Prep. No. 1954.] 3 [lb. No. 1824.] 



3 [Home, Comp. Anat. i. p. 430.] * [lb.] 



5 [Hunt. Prep. No. 755.] 



