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Show 198 MR. A. H. GARROD ON THE [Feb. 18, or pyloric portion of the stomach. The greatest length of the un-distended organ, which is from the cardiac cul-de-sac to the middle Fig. 1. Stomach of the Binturong. ces, oesophagus ; py, pylorus. of the bend above described, is 4 | inches, and from the same bend to tbe pylorus is 2 | inches; the cul-de-sac. is 1| inch across. Dr. Cantor says, " The stomach is remarkably lengthened, cylindrical, the parietes much thickened towards pylorus. Oesophagus enters close to fundus ventriculi, in consequence of which there is but a slight difference between the curvatures. Length along the greater curvature 1 foot 2 inches, along the smaller curvature 1 foot 1 inch." Prof. Owen remarks of the stomach of the Lion that it "lies less transversely to the abdomen than in Man." In a Leopard Cat (Felis bengalensis) that I have lately dissected the shape of the stomach was almost exactly the same as that of the Binturong ; and it was similarly situated-namely, with its two moieties running longitudinally and not transversely. The intestines are evidently much shorter in the specimen that I dissected than in those described by others, as may be seen from the following Table :- Small intestine Large intestine Length of specimen, without tail... Dr. Cantor's Specimen. ft. in. 7 11 1 10 0 Oi 2 3" Prof. Owen's Specimen. ft. in. 7 0 2 0 0 0£ 2 0 Present Specimen. ft. in. 4 9 1 n o o\ 2 3.i |