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Show 350 DR. j. MURIE ON THE [May 26, as far as the first curve, after which they become chiefly transverse, and are much smaller. The pyloric orifice is circular, less than | inch in diameter. The fourth stomach is about 15 inches long, and from 1 \ to 3% in diameter. The total length of the intestinal canal was 68 feet 9| inches, whereof the small intestines measured 50 feet 5 inches, and the great gut 18 feet 4\ inches. The simple csecum was 15 inches long, and varied from 1^ inch in diameter to 2\ inches near its termination. No ilio-caecal gland, as obtains in the Giraffe, was noticed in the Prongbuck. Liver, with portion of the duodenum. R. right, and L. left lobe. C. Caudal lobe. Sp. Lobus spigelius. Ob. Gallbladder, d. ch. Ductus communis choledochus. Cl. Coronary ligament. Vc. Vena cava. D. Duodenum. Pa. Portion of the pancreas. The liver (fig. 4) is only of moderate size and thickness, and is somewhat flattened. It is mainly divided by an anterior marginal fissure into a larger right and smaller left lobe ; but there is also present a considerably elongated lobus caudatus and a very diminutive lobus spigelius. The entire organ is remarkably free from notches or emarginations. The right lobe (R), fully 8 inches long by 4 broad, contains the gall-bladder (675.), and to the right of it the caudate lobe. The latter (C.) is irregularly tongue-shaped, flat, 4| inches long by about 1 inch broad, and lies across the right lobe, its tip overhanging the right free margin of the viscus. The lobus spigelius (Sp.) is represented by a very thin and small lappet or lobulus, placed near the transverse fissure, and immediately to the left of the left hepatic duct. The left lobe (L) occupies the remainder of the organ. Its dimensions are 6 inches long by 4 across. |