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and its surface is covered with numerous papillae. 

 Near its base are eight papillae, rather larger than 

 the rest, and arranged in this manner, 



Each consists of a mushroom-shaped body, sup- 

 ported on a short pedicle in the centre of a circular 

 cavity, which they nearly fill up. They are not so 

 large in the Orang, as three which we found in the 

 baboon, arranged thus, 



The salivary glands, which are intimately con- 

 nected with the organs of taste, approach to those 

 of man. The parotid is a longish mass, of a deep- 

 er colour than in the human body, and consisting 

 of large granulations, intermixed, as is usual, with 

 common lymphatic glands. Its duct, and the sub- 

 maxillary gland, are just as in man. 



Organs of Voice, 



The passage to the larynx is very similar to that 

 part in man. The uvula consists of a small single 

 papilla ; but in the baboon, it is composed of two 



