230 GENERATION. 



although the parent is large, and renders the examination of such 

 young so difficult. Thus it is very difficult to examine the peculiarities 

 of the foetus of a turtle, alligator, &c. 1 



Of the different proportions that different parts bear to the whole in 

 Young Animals, compared with the Old. 



The legs of young animals are much larger in proportion to the size 

 of the body than in the adult ; and many which seem to be arrived at 

 their full growth, yet retain a degree of clumsiness in many parts : 

 these remarks are veiy observable in the feathered tribes. 



Of the Breast. 



The breast of the female is covered by the true skin everywhere ex- 

 cepting round the nipple. The skin here is thinnei', and seems to have 

 more of the rete-mucosum under it. The cutis is redder, owing to a 

 greater number of vessels at this part. 



This is but little observable in children. ; but, as they advance in age, 

 it becomes broader and broader, as if pushing from the nipple as from a 

 centre, until they attain puberty, and then it seems to be at a stand. As 

 it advances in breadth it heightens in colour, till it is of a fine crimson. 



This ' areola' and other circumstances form the full bloom of virginity ; 

 but, when impregnated, and approaching, like the flower, to seed, the 

 areola changes to a dark dirty brown, and becomes considerably broader. 

 The change in colour is principally owing to the addition of rete-muco- 

 sum, which, becoming thicker here than in other parts, and the cuticle 

 being thinner, it becomes more visible. 



Upon this part of the breast and on the point of the nipple, there are 

 placed a great many small glands. They appear very plainly upon the 

 areola, making little risings. Those on the point of the nipple are not 

 to be observed but by the mucus that can be squeezed out of them, being 

 very different from the milk ; and the same with the mucus of the 

 others, and the orifices leading no further than the nipple itself. These 

 glands are more evident after impregnation. The thickening of the rete- 

 mucosum, and the discharge from these glands, will hinder any mischief 

 that might arise from the child's gums and lips. 



The cuticle part of the breast separates much sooner from this than 

 any other, owing, perhaps, to the thickness of the rete-mucosum, as it 

 is principally dissolved when the two skins separate, and the thicker it 

 is the easier will the water insinuate itself. 



1 [Which, nevertheless, Huuler had attempted, as shown in his preparations, Nos. 

 3357-3360, 3363-3374.] 



