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RAVAGES OF INSECTS. 



was peculiarly the case with Tarare, an Italian juggler, who 

 from swallowing flints, whole baskets of fruit, «fec., seems to 



View of the upper side. 

 ■A 



View of the under dide. 



'^: 



ABC, The a?sophagus 

 and its appendages. 



DE, The stomach;— a 

 pair of muscles wind 

 spirally round it, and 

 by their contraction 

 squeeze the digested 

 food into the intestines. 



E F, The first large 

 intestine. F G, the 

 second. G- H , the third. 



I I, The biliary tubes, 

 or bile vessels. 



H 



-^i 



viscera of the Cossus. 



have enlarged the capacity of his stomach so as to render 

 his appetite insatiable. J\I. Tessier, of the Infirmary at 



