2i6 DESCRIPTION of a 



The foft parts of the trunk were fupported by fixteen ver- 

 tebrae, fix ribs, an os facrum, and two ofla innominata. The 

 legs had each an os femoris, tibia and fibula, with an imperfect 

 number of the bones of the feet. See fig. 2. X. and fig. 4. 1. &c. 

 to 16. 17. 



The umbilical cord was connected at nearly the ufual height 

 above the offa pubis. See fig. 1. E. 



The penis, covered with a large preputium, had the ufual fi- 

 tuation and ftructure. See fig. 1. F. 



The lower part of the trunk contained an inteftinal tube, 

 ihut at its beginning, and compofed of an upper part, four 

 inches long, refembling the end of the ilium ; for it terminated 

 in the fide of an inteftine, refembling the caput coli, with its 

 appendix vermiformis. From this place, to its lower end, the 

 great inteftine meafured thirteen inches ; and the end of the 

 rectum, which was much contracted, terminated in the back 

 part of the bladder of urine, above its fphincter. The rectum 

 contained vifcid femipellucid mucus, but no black ftuff, like 

 the meconium. See fig. 2. O. P. Q^R. S. T. U. V. and fig. 3.. 

 O.P. 



In the mefentery and mefocolon, there were about a dozen 

 conglobated lymphatic glands, of the ufual fhape, colour and 

 confidence. See fig. 2. From which it appeared, that the in- 

 teftines were provided with lacteal veffels ; and we therefore 

 cannot doubt, that the other parts of the body were furnifhed 

 with lymphatic veflels, or that there was an abforbent, as well 

 as circulating fyftem in this monfter. 



At the upper part of the trunk, covered by the ribs, there 

 were two kidneys of a large fize, with a pelvis and ureter to 

 each. The right ureter was dilated to the fize of a goofe's 

 quill. The left one was fmall. Both were fhut at their under 

 ends, and had no communication with a fmall fac, which, 

 in fituation and ftructure, refembled the bladder of urine, and 



had 



