PACHYDERMES. 
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remarked by an eminent anatomist, like the 
Cyclopean walls of some ancient city, huge and 
shapeless, and piled over each other as if they 
were destined more to sustain the weight, than 
to permit motion. The strength and power of 
this frame- work will be better seen in the accom- 
panying representation of the skeleton of the 
Rhinoceros, Plate I. taken from Cuvier’s Ossemens 
Fossiles. 
The internal structure of the Pachydermes is more 
simple than that of the Ruminants. Though they 
feed on nearly the same sort of sustenance, a few, 
as the Pigs, are nearly omnivorous ; at least, in a 
domesticated state, they feed on almost any thing 
that is set before them, flesh, fish, or vegetables. The 
stomach of the Elephant is of a very lengthened 
and narrow form ; its greatest diameter next the 
cardiac orifice is only about a fourth of its length. 
The internal membrane forms there thick wrinkles, 
and five large folds placed across, of which the 
first arises very near the cardiac orifice. This 
membrane is itself smooth, and is united in the 
middle part of the stomach ; it only has some 
large transverse wrinkles towards the pylorus, 
which cross and intercept each other, often forming 
a number of small hollows. The muscular part 
is throughout very thick. There seems also to 
be a receptacle in the stomach of this huge beast, 
though in a much less extent than that of the 
Camel, to allow it to retain or secrete a supply of 
