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be some meaning in suCh a—view. But; the majority are
carnivorous, the Elastnobranchs, exclusively
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So; ahd,fone
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may think With some reason, that
is a; nuisance
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and a source
danger to the latter. In,,aÿnyïbase, itf:is
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not a progressive character.
the frogs
the .
_(Diphoi), they
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by at once gettingridfof {this
The process of digestion in shes is
to that
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higher animals and—is carried
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In general, that is,…but in-partiCülai‘g there-isa great am0unt
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of variation in the, distribution of) the secteting glands and
ferments_._ : Mucusgglands 'in ”the form of goblist cells: are ' _ ' :
abundant everywhere from the mouth to the rectum.
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st0mach,— as mentioned,is chiey a retaining organ and gastric
:
glands are »o'ccasionalljy absent and often restricted to the
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'rstjpart. On the other hand, the digestive ferment pepsin
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=isïf‘foünd in some cases (Eels, Carp) n0t only in the stoma'ch
but—_ also » in the intestine (Kmkenberg, 1877). _Acid_'
secreting cells are -alfsoÿresent in the stomach (Stirling;Ç1885)
«but
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herethatwendthegreaæstvaneW in-shes: In adition
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behind the
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bladder is usually but
and there maybe
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as many as three separate hepatic ducts. …Thejpancrezis
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_'is_well_-developed in the Elasmobranchs, Acipenser,and in
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'_"fthe l;larÿal T eleosts, but in the adults of the latter it'becomèS —
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diffuse, isolated lobules ocC'urrig in the
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thestomachand,mtestine and even:in the substance of the
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openfrom
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are eXt-_remely - irreg'ulaf 1nthe1rappear—
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