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thrown into the longitudinal rugae ; likewise the horns, but not so much. 

 The ovaria are pretty near the ends of the horns, and are large, of the 

 shape of a French bean, and smooth. They are enclosed in a loose 

 capsule, which adheres to the concave edge [of the ovary] like the tunica 

 vaginalis testis : it has an opening at one side of the adhesion, the edge of 

 which is the external edge or the circumference of the fimbriae : this bag 

 goes close to the horn of the uterus. Upon the bag runs the Fallopian 

 tube, which opens upon its side near the opening. The vessels are con- 

 voluted near the ovaria, like those of a bull's testicle, and pass in at the 

 concave edge. The ovary has a pretty broad ligament ; the round liga- 

 ment adheres to the fore-part of the thigh, instead of going out at the 

 pubis. The urinary bladder adheres to the inside of the abdominal 

 muscles. 



They have but one young at each time of impregnation. 



The flesh is very bad, and the cellular membrane that attaches the 

 skin to the muscles is very strong, much like the cavernous part of the 

 penis ; or just like the cellular membrane of a whale. The abdominal 

 viscera of this animal resemble those in the Hon more than any other 

 land-animal I know of. 



The internal mammillary veins that pass along with the arteries are 

 but small, for they send large branches down by the right side of the 

 pericardium that empty themselves into the inferior vena cava. 



The neck bends just like a fowl's, so that it seems to be capable, of 

 lengthening the neck and shortening it. 



The hair 1 of the head, neck, and shoulders was turned forwards when 

 alive (when I saw it), but, when dead, it was turned backwards as in 

 common, with the other ; so that this must have been done by the pan- 

 niculus carnosus. 



The upper bone of the sternum is long and pointed, and lies on the 

 trachea ; or if the trachea slip to one side, then it lies on the neck. 



There are muscles arising from the pubis, and inserted into the foot 

 or tarsus. 



Male Parts of Generation. — It is almost impossible to say, before dis- 

 section, whether a seal is a he or she, excepting by the want of the 

 beginning of the vagina ; for there is no scrotum, and the testicles are 

 not to be felt. The penis is under the skin which comes smooth over it, 

 and is there as thick, and in every other respect the same, with the 

 other skin of the body ; and the opening of the preputium is hardly 

 observable, the surface being there as smooth as in other parts. Whe- 

 ther these appearances, or rather want of appearances, be owing to the 



1 [Hunt. Prep. No. 1953.] 



