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the more remarkable, inasmuch as in other species of Cervidse the 

 arrangement conforms to the general rule above stated. On either 

 side of the veru montanum are two depressions which appear to 

 be the openings of ducts. The absence of any glandular bodies 

 appertaining to these, however, proved them to be merely super- 

 ficial depressions of the mucous lining of the urethra. 



Cowper's Glands (PI. YII. fig. 6). — These are two in number, 

 and are situated just behind the bulb of the urethra, being covered 

 in part by the muscular fibres of that canal. Each is about the 

 size of a garden-bean, and gives ofi* a duct which opens into the 

 bulbous portion of the urethra. 



Fenis measures 11 inches in length, and is laterally compressed. 

 It consists of two corpora cavernosa and a corpus spongiosum. 

 The latter presents a well-marked bulb posteriorly, whilst ante- 

 riorly it forms the glans (PI. YII. fig. 8). This body is conical 

 in form, flattened from side to side, and on its under surface is a 

 shallow groove in which is placed the urethral orifice. There is 

 no vermiform terminal portion of the urethra, such as occurs in 

 many Euminants. The muscles of the penis comprise an erector, 

 which is arranged in the usual manner, and two retractores penis, 

 the origins of which had been unfortunately divided, so that they 

 could not be identified. The muscles themselves form two rounded 

 and slightly flattened bands which pass forward, one on either side 

 of the penis, to be inserted by means of an aponeurosis into the 

 dorsal aspect of that organ at the junction of its anterior and 

 middle thirds. In the flaccid condition the glans is entirely re- 

 tracted within the prepuce. The latter is provided with four 

 muscles — two protractors and two retractors. The protractors 

 arise one on either side of the middle line from the abdominal 

 aponeurosis midway between the xyphoid cartilage and the penis, 

 and are inserted into the prepuce. The retractors arise, one ou 

 each side, from the abdominal aponeurosis in the inguinal region ; 

 their fibres pass transversely inwards, and are inserted along 

 with the protractors into the prepuce. The scrotum is non-pen- 

 dulous, and between it and the prepuce on either side of the 

 middle line are two rudimentary teats. The anterior of these is 

 situated at a distance of 3| and the posterior 2^ inches from the 

 middle line of the abdomen. 



