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projects into the reservoir is continued some way 
into the stomach, hut appears to have no particu- 
lar construction at this end; and therefore it is 
only fitted to prevent regurgitation into the reser- 
voir, as such W’ould spoil the honey. This con- 
struction of parts is well adapted for the purpose; 
for the end projecting into the reservoir, prevents 
any honey from getting into the stomach, because 
its acts there as a valve; therefore whatever is 
taken in, must be by an action of this vascular 
part. The stomach has a good deal the appear- 
ance of a gut, especially as it seems to come out 
from a bag. It passes almost directly down- 
wards in the middle of the abdomen. Its in- 
ner surface is very much increased, by having 
either circular valves, somewhat like the mlvulce 
conn'wentes in the human jejunum, or spiral folds, 
as in the intestine of the shark, &c.; these may 
be seen through the external coats. In this part 
the food undergoes the change. Where the 
stomach terminates, is not exactly to be ascer- 
tained; but it soon begins to throw itself into 
convolutions, and becomes smaller. 
“ The intestine makes two or three twists upon 
itself, in which part it is enveloped in the ducts, 
constituting the liver, and probably the pancreas, 
and at last passes on straight to the termination 
of the abdomen. Here it is capable of becoming 
very large, to serve uj)on occasion as a reservoir, 
containing a large quantity of excrement: it then 
contracts a little, and opens under the posterior 
edge of the last scale of the back, above the sting 
