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THE POMARINE JAGER. 
space between which and the 
palatal slit is also covered with 
papillae; anteriorly, on the man- 
dible, are three ridges; posterior 
aperture of the nares oblongo- 
linear, with its margins papil- 
late ; the lower mandible dilata- 
ble, as in the Gulls. Tongue 1 
inch long, emarginate and papil- 
late at the base, broadly chan- 
nelled above, contracted and in- 
duplicate toward the end, horny 
beneath, and thin-edged, with /, 
the point slit to the depth of 
li twelfths. Lobes of the liver 
very unequal, the right 2i 
inches long, the left 1 inch 10 
twelfths ; gall-bladder oblong, 
7 4 twelfths long, 3 twelfths 
broad. The stomach, c d, is 
small, 1 inch 2 twelfths long, 1 
inch in breadth; its lateral mus- 
cles thin ; the epithelium thin, 
longitudinally rugous, of a red- 
dish colour. The pro ventricu- 
lar glands extremely small, 
roundish, forming a belt 7 
twelfths in width. Intestine, 
f g h l m, 241 inches long, 6 
twelfths wide at the top, but 
contracting to 4 twelfths ; it 
forms 7 curves ; the coeca, j k, 
1 inch 10 twelfths in breadth. 
Trachea 5 inches long, from 35 
twelfths to 24 twelfths long, 
for 8 twelfths their width is 1 
twelfth, afterwards 24 twelfths, 
diminishing to II twelfths, the 
extremity blunt ; rectum 2 inch- 
es 3 twelfths long, for 1 inch 4 
