STOMACHS IN THE SHEEP. 



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Stomachs. The two first stomachs are placed parallel to 

 each other, or on a level the one with the other, and the gullet 

 ends almost equally in each. Then the gullet is prolonged in 

 the form of a gutter or demi-canal; and this derm-canal ends 

 almost equally in two of the stomachs namely, the second and 

 the third. Lastly^all these parts the gullet, the demi-canal 

 of the gullet, the first, the second, and the third stomach not 



Fig. 12. 



RIGHT VIEW OF THE STOMACHS IN THE SHEEP. 



, (Esophagus ; b, rumen or paunch ; c, reticulum or honeycomb ; d, omasum or 

 nuinyplies ; e, abomasum or true stomach ; /, duodenum. 



only communicate with each other, but all communicate at one 

 common point the point, namely, where the gullet terminates, 

 and where its demi-canal begins, and towards which the three 

 stomachs open or abut. Thus anatomy does not show into 

 which stomach the aliment passes in the first deglutition, for 

 the gullet conducts almost equally into the first stomach and 



