384 



ACCOUNT OF A BELUGA 



The liver was situated on the right side as in 

 man and quadrupeds. It had hecome a mere mass 

 of putrefaction. We sought for the gall Madder, 

 but were disappointed. 



In a large liquid mass of putrid matter, as the 

 kidneys did not obviously obtrude themselves, 

 amidst our pressure for time, our search after them 

 was unfortunately omitted, and has since been re- 

 gretted. 



The testicles we found within the abdomen, of 

 an oblong shape, and lying close by the sides of the 

 intestine, near its extremity. They were four in- 

 ches in length, and the same in circumference. 



The penis was conical ; at the apex an inch and 

 a half in circumference, but four in circumference 

 towards the base, near to which it exhibited a sig- 

 moid flexure, owing to two very powerful muscles 

 that seemed to have performed the office of retrac- 

 tors. Through its whole extent it was soft and 

 flexible, without either a bone or a cartilage. 



Heart and Bloodvessels. 



The heart presented nothing remarkable in its 

 shape ; the columnse carneae within the ventricles 

 were proportioned to its size ; and the pectinated 

 muscles within the auricles proportionally large. 

 The valvular apparatus, at the commencement 



3 



