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certain portion of lymph, poured out from the cut surfaces of a wound, 

 as part of the process of nutrition, or as the consequence of a small 

 amount of inflammation, induced either from mechanical irritation, 

 or other accidental circumstance. This hypothesis was suggested 

 by the colourless appearance of the cicatrix from the section of the 

 umbilical cord in the negro, and also of that seen by the author at 

 the umbilicus of the bottle-nosed whale, the Hyperoodon hidentatus. 



The Society then adjourned over the long vacation to meet again 

 on the 21st November next. 



