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to the small curvature of the stomach, pylorus, and duodenum below, 

 and the liver above. The liver is divided into four lobes besides that 

 of Spigelius : the gall-bladder is connected to the under surface of the 

 second lobe from the left, and to the same lobe is attached the falci- 

 form ligament. The liver is not connected to the convex surface of the 

 diaphragm ; and on pulling down this viseus, the vena cava inferior 

 may be seen between it and the diaphragm : the liver is pretty large. 

 The spleen is large, oblong, and connected to the stomach by means of 

 the epiploon. The kidneys are conglobate. The capsula renalis is 

 pretty large. 



The testicles l arc placed within the cavity of the abdomen on the 

 brim of the pelvis, connected to the part which answers to the ring, by 

 their proper ligaments ; at this attachment the cremaster muscle makes 

 a doubling inwards so as to be ready for inversion. The epididymis, 

 where it terminates in the vas deferens, makes a turn upon itself and 

 then dips into the pelvis. The vesiculae seminales are each one bag 

 honeycombed on the inside. The caput gallinaginis is before the 

 membranous part of the urethra, between the two crura, so that the 

 ducts of the vesiculae and the vasa deferentia pass through the sub- 

 stance of the membranous part of the urethra, to open there. They 

 open separately. The vas deferens dilates considerably in its passage 

 along the membranous part before it opens, and loses its firm consist- 

 ence; becoming membranous. 



The transversalis muscle arises from the spine of the ileum, and also 

 from the brim of the pelvis near the sacrum, and lines the iliacus internus 

 muscles. The cavity of the chest was small and flat, a good deal 

 shaped like the human. 



The lungs on the right side are divided into three lobes, on the left 

 into two ; the edges of which are subdivided. It has no lobe behind 

 the vena cava inferior excepting a small process of the lower right lobe 

 which just goes behind the vena cava. The pericardium was not at- 

 tached to the diaphragm. The anterior mediastinum is very narrow. 

 The heart is very oblong, and the apex very much to the left side. 



The os hyoides is connected to the head. The opening of the eye- 

 lids is small : the eye is small and deep-seated : the cornea is large : 

 there is a membrana nictitans, or rather a cartilage on the inner canthus 

 of the eye : there is a large lacrymal gland : the choroid is wholly 

 lined with nigrum pigmentum. The nose is similar to that of a hog, 

 being fit for uprooting. The claws are long. There is a sort of uvula, 

 but it is not loose or pendulous. The flesh is pale, like veal. 



1 [Hunt. Preps. Nos. 2560, 2561. j 



