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intestines hidden by them : and, when got as high as the transverse arch 

 of the colon, it then passes to the right, contiguous to that turn of the 

 colon, and then appears on the right side, becoming a loose intestine. 

 Through these three last courses it is entirely hid by the other intestines, 

 as in the hog. The jejunum and ileum lie principally on the right and 

 upper side, as in the hog, are loose intestines, having a mesentery, but no 

 valvulae conniventes: the ileum passes into the colon, on the right iliac bone. 



The csecum is about 4 inches long, terminating pretty fast in a 

 point, which is turned towards the right side of the abdomen and 

 upwards, as in the hog. The colon lies principally on the left and 

 lower side, as in the hog, passes to the left across the mouth of the 

 pelvis, and is turned round to the beginning of the turns ; it continues 

 three times, making a close spiral, and then is bent upon itself, and is 

 just turned back as many times ; so that it makes a double screw for 

 three turns 1 : this is similar to the hog. After completing these turns, 

 it gets to the right side and passes up along the root of the mesentery, 

 between it and the mesoduodenum ; then makes a turn across the 

 spine obliquely downwards, closely connected, as it passes, to the root of 

 the mesentery, to the stomach and pancreas : as it passes down the left 

 side, it is tied down about its middle by the turns of the colon, similar 

 to the common hog. The mesenteric artery and vein are as in the hog. 



The faeces are in some degree knotted ; but not so much as in a goat, 

 deer, (fee. There is a large pancreas going across the spine to the 

 spleen, and a small one passing down with the duodenum. 



The liver has four lobes, two on the right side, small ; one on the 

 left is likewise small, but the other is large, which lies pretty nearly in 

 the middle, and has a fissure for the umbilical vein. There is no gall- 

 bladder. One biliary duct, pretty large, passes into the duodenum, 

 about half an inch from the pylorus. 



The spleen has much the shape of a cow's ; one end is turned to the 

 back, the other forwards, and is attached to the stomach by the epi- 

 ploon. The epiploon is attached much as in a cow. 



Female Parts of Generation. — The vagina is very long, about 10 

 inches : the common passage is as common : the clitoris is a small body 

 terminating in a point. The vagina runs very serpentine at the upper 

 end, making short turns, so that it is impossible to pass any straight 

 thing into this part of it. The two horns of the uterus are very 

 large. 



This animal was in heat when killed, but had not the male, yet I 

 found in each ovarium a body that made that end of it next to the 



1 [Home. Comp. Anat. i. p. 462.] 



