86 DESCRIPTION, &c. 



one is small, two-lobed, and has the urethra passmg through its centre : 

 That of the other, as large as man's, and with the third lobe largely deve- 

 loped, lies high in the pelvis, and has the urethra passing through its sur- 

 face nearest the rectum ; the mass of the organ being between the pubes 

 and urethra. The anus in both animals is without palpable secreting 

 glands, ducts, or pores. 



The small salivary glands and the general nature of the chylopoetic 

 viscera in both proclaim carnivorous habits, as contrasted with the same 

 parts in herbivorous animals. Throughout the stomach and intestinal 

 canal of the Mucliabha, there is nothing found to retard the speedy passage 

 of the food. The oesophagus enters the stomach close to the left extremity 

 leaving no cul de sac. The intestines are thin coated: the small caecum 

 undilated at its distad extremity : and, although the intestine is wider from 

 that to the anus than above it, there is no trace of sacculi in it, and its 

 course is nearly straight to the vent. The whole intestines in both animals 

 are usually about four times the length of the body and of small calibre. 

 But the smaller ones of the Catarse are thicker in their coats : its caecum is 

 longer, and dilated at its further extremity ; and there are three valvulae 

 conniventes found in its large gut. Its stomach also is thicker and less 

 purely membranous. These circumstances would lead to the idea of this 

 animal being less blood-thirsty than the Muchabha. 



