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Show 1889.] MR. F. E. BEDDARD ON TAPIRUS TERRESTRIS. 253 apex of each ridge lying between two ridges of the opposite side ; front of the molars these ridges are directed forwards, posteriorly they are directed backwards; on the right side the half ridge formed the fourth of the series, on the left side the fifteenth. The tongue has numerous fungiform papillae, and, as Parker (10) states of the Indian Tapir, these papillae are most numerous anteriorly and posteriorly; a median space was entirely destitute of these papillae, which, however, occurred along the sides of the tongue in this region just as abundantly. There was a distinct Mayer's organ, and on a level with the anterior margin of this a transverse row of four circumvallate papillae. On opening the abdominal cavity the greater part was seen to be occupied by the caecum and two segments of the colon ; the coils of the small intestine were pushed away to the left. side. Owen describes an identical arrangement in his specimen ; it may therefore be probably regarded as typical. The stomach measured 21 inches round the greater curvature, it was 8 inches in length ; the shape agreed with the figure given by Eudes-Deslongchamps, and with Parker's figure (10, woodcut fig. 1) of the stomach of the Indian Tapir, but the two orifices (oesophageal and duodenal) were more closely approximated owing to the tension caused by the gastrohepatic ligament. The oesophageal epithelium was found to be prolonged some way into the interior of the stomach, and was recognizable by its dense white, corrugated appearance; it extends for a distance of about 2\ inches on one side and 1| inches on the other side of the oesophageal opening-not so far as in the Rhinoceros and Horse or in the American Tapir as described by Owen (6) ; the interior of the stomach appeared to be, in fact, much like that of the Indian Tapir. The stomach was twisted as in Eudes- Deslongchamps's figure. The biliary orifice was about 2 inches from the pylorus ; the pancreatic opening opposite to it and about 1 inch from the pylorus. The walls of the stomach at the duodenal orifice were very thick and furnished with several circularly arranged folds ; the commencement of the duodenum was well marked. The small intestine measured 27 feet in length. I could not discover any valvules conniventes, only irregular folds which extended through many feet of the intestine ; their folds were in some parts so complex as to produce a honeycombed appearance. The ceecum and the commencement of the large intestine are illustrated in the accompanying drawing (woodcut lig. 1). This viscus has been already illustrated in Eudes-Deslongchamps's memoir, but the figure given by him is small and in some respects incomplete. The general appearance of the caecum and the colic loop is very similar to that of the Horse (Chauveau (2), fig. 1 77, p. 432) and the Rhinoceros (Beddard and Treves (1), pi. xxxiv.). The small intestine is attached to the caecum, as in the other Perissodactyles, by a large anangious fold (fig. 1, b, p. 254) extending along the small intestine for the distance of about 1 foot. Where the vein and artery perforate |