1 56 Mr. Home on the Structure of the Stomachs 
The inner membrane has an uniformly smooth appearance, 
except near the pylorus, 'where it is thicker and has a glandular 
structure, the surface of which is granulated. This differs 
from that in the mole, by being spread over a surface of some 
extent, and the glands being deeper seated behind the internal 
membrane. 
No. XVI. The Armadillo ( with nine Bands.) 
The stomach has an oval form ; the oesophagus opens into 
it nearer to the pylorus than in many other animals. 
The cuticular lining of the oesophagus terminates at the 
orifice of the stomach. The cavity of the stomach is divided 
into two portions by a muscular contraction. The surface of 
the cardiac portion is uniformly smooth, but in the pyloric 
portion, for the space of an inch and three quarters from the 
pylorus, the muscular coat is thicker and more compact, and 
immediately within the orifice of the pylorus there is a zone 
of a glandular structure surrounding it ; the orifices leading 
to the glands are very apparent. 
The animal, from which this description is taken, was given 
to me by Lord Seaforth. It died on the passage from the 
West Indies, and was immediately preserved in spirits ; the 
parts did not admit of a drawing being made of them, but 
were in a more natural state respecting their contraction than 
in other animals where the stomach has been so long kept as 
to be distended with air. 
No. XVII. The Unman Stomach . 
The human stomach, when examined recently after death, 
puts on appearances, that have not been noticed, which makes 
