goS Mr. Home’s Account of the 
Cuvier, with the exception of the prostate gland, which was 
supposed to be wanting. That distinguished anatomist could 
only have been led to this supposition from the parts in the 
specimen dissected being in an unfavourable state for exami- 
nation. This gland resembles exactly that of the kangaroo, 
and is proportionably large. 
The female organs have not been before described. The 
following description of them is particularly interesting, as 
the parts were in a state of impregnation, and they were exa- 
mined immediately after the animal’s death in New South 
Wales by Mr. Bell, a surgeon whose anatomical knowledge 
qualified him for the task. He unfortunately died soon after 
at Bombay. He sent the description to Sir Joseph Banks, 
through whose kindness I received it. 
Mr. Bell’s Description of the female Organs of the Wombat. 
“ On laying open the cavity of the pelvis, I was surprised by 
the appearance of a double uterus, each of them distended into 
a pyramidal form ; that of the right side was considerably the 
largest, and was about the size of a pullet’s egg. From the 
fundus of each there was a Fallopian tube nearly three inches 
long terminating at the ovarium. 
“ The double uterus had one common neck half an inch long, 
and of considerable breadth and thickness : two lateral canals 
rose from the common neck on its posterior surface near its 
junction to the uteri, one on each side ; they were about two 
inches long, having a semi-circular course, and terminated 
obliquely in the vagina. 
“ The uteri and their appendages were dissected out from 
