182 BRUT A. 



The duodenum passes down the right side, and I believe gets on the 

 right edge of the mesentery ; but whether the whole makes a twist so 

 as to make the duodennm pass behind the root of the mesentery which 

 would make the jejunum go down on the left of the mesentery, I do 

 not know. The ileum passes up again on the opposite edge of the 

 mesentery nearly as high as the stomach, and is bent quickly down to 

 form the rectum. The intestines are short. At the verge of the anus 

 there are two glands, or rather two bags containing a yellowish mucus. 

 The inside of this bag has a glandular substance projecting inwards like 

 the cotyledons of the uterus of a ruminating animal, and all about the 

 anus, under the skin, there are a number of small glands, whose ducts 

 open on the surface of the skin, containing a white mucus, which, when 

 squeezed, comes out bike paint from a bladder. In each duct are 

 growing hairs, which emerge externally from the duct 1 . The liver has 

 four distinct lobes : the gall-bladder is attached to the second from the 

 T left side. The kidneys are conglobate ; each has but one mammilla. 



Parts of Generation. — I suspect the testicles are within the abdomen, 

 for there is no scrotum. The vesiculse, whose ducts enter the urethra 

 in a separate sulcus from the common canal (such as fig. ). [A draw- 

 ing of this structure would seem to have been made and appended to 

 the MS., with which it was probably destroyed.] 



This animal, I should suppose, is a burrower. It is strong for its 

 size. It has a strong neck, strong legs, especially the fore. The talons 

 are strong, and a good deal worn down. The tail is very strong, and I 

 believe the animal uses it by way of holding. The scales are grooved 

 longitudinally; but where they are exposed they are pretty smooth, 

 which I conceive is caused by his going into holes or small passages. 



The Armadillo with Nine Bands. [Dasypus 9-cinctus, Linn.] 



The head, back, and tail, are nearly covered with shells or scales, so 

 arranged as to resemble a coat of mail. That on the head is of an oval 

 form, nearly the shape of the [upper sur]face, extending from the ears 

 above, down to within an inch of the point of the nose. On each side 

 there is a notch to allow of the motion of the eyelids. This termi- 

 nates all round in the common skin of the animal. That on the back 

 makes one general covering ; but is made up of three parts, an anterior, 

 middle, and posterior ; they all terminate in one regular edge all round : 

 the anterior part covers the whole of the shoulders to which it adheres, 

 and hangs down on each side to the feet, covering the whole of the 

 legs : its fore part is hollowed out, or has a large notch in the middle 



- [Hunt. Preps. Nos. 2133, 2134. Home, Comp. Anat, i. p. 429.] 



