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Show 276 PROF. ST.-GEORGE MIVART ON THE [Feb. 21, the gut. Each consists of a little aggregation of from three to five crypts The'colon is smooth and not sacculated, save slightly at its commencement, where one of the bands of the caecum is continued UPThe caecum is very large, and appears even yet larger than it is, because the proximal end of the colon, I. i, is dilated into a colic pouch which is 5"*3 (2-rS inches) in diameter. There is no sacculus rotundas as in the Hare and Rabbit. The total length of the Diaphragmatic aspect of the liver of Erethizon dorsatus. f.lg, falciform ligaments ; Ig, ligament; L C and L L , left central and left lateral lobes; R C and E L , right central and right lateral lobes; S, spigelian lobe; v.c, vena cava. ca?cum, measured (as curved) along its middle is 28 inches. Its breadth at the opening into it of the small intestine is 8".l (3j2-$ inches). There are three longitudinal bands, one extending along the concavity of the viscus, where the mesentery is attached, and one on each side. Only one of the three bands is continued upon the colon, namely the band (that on fig. 4) which extends along that side |
