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Transactions of the Society. 
The Palate, Mouth and (Esophagus. 
The papillae on the mucosa of the palate are greatly enlarged 
to form a series of large tubercles which have already been 
described and figured,* and the epithelium contains pigment 
granules. 
The oral epithelium contains many glands. 
Text-Fig. 1. — The Tongue. A, upper surface ; B, inferior surface , 
C, side view. Figure reproduced by permission of the Zoological 
Society. 
The stratified epithelium of the oesophagus is continuous with 
the lining of three of the compartments of the complex stomach. 
The muscular coat consists of three layers, of which the middle 
one is of circular and the inner and outer ones are of longitudinal 
fibres. 
* See note on p. 37. 
