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duodenum and stomach, and runs a little way upon 

 the pancreas, receiving the lymphatics of the liver, 

 pancreas, lower part of the stomach, and the lacteals 

 from the greatest part of the small intestines : the 

 other branch of the receptacle receives the lymphatics 

 from the rest of the alimentary canal, The re- 

 ceptacle formed by these two branches lies on the 

 right side of the upper part of the stomach, and is 

 joined by some lymphatics in that part, and also 

 by some from the sound and gall-bladder, which in 

 this fish adheres to the receptacle : the thoracic duct 

 takes its rise from the receptacle, and lies on the 

 right side of the oesophagus, receiving lymphatics 

 from that part ; and running up about half an inch, 

 divides into two ducts, one of which passes over the 

 oesophagus to the left side, and the other goes strait 

 upon the right side, passing by the upper part of 

 the kidney, from which it receives some small 

 branches, and soon afterwards is joined by a branch 

 from the large lymphatic that lies above the bone 

 of the thorax, as formerly mentioned: near this 

 part it likewise sends off a branch to join the duct 

 of the opposite side; and then, a little higher, is 

 joined by those large lymphatics from the upper 

 part of the gills and from the fauces. 



The thoracic duct, after being joined by these 

 vessels, communicates with the net-work near the 

 orbit, where its lymph is mixed with that of the 

 lymphatics from the posterior part of the gills y and 

 from the superior fins, belly, &c. and then from this 

 net-work a vessel goes into the jugular vein just 

 hejow the orbit. This last vessel, which may be 



