INDEX. 



G31 



Skirret, 394 



St John's bread, ... 382 

 Slow combustion in the living 



body, 366 



Small caltrops, .... 482 



Smooth-stalked meadow-^russ, . 495 



Snout of the pig, . . . 161 



Soapwort order of plants, . ' 361 



Sodium, 303 



Sole drink of animals is water, . 44 



Sombrero rock guano, . . 302 



Sorrels, 341 



Soujee 460 



Sow, see Pig. 



Sowans, 466 



Sow bread, .... 408 



milk, 283 



thistle, . . . . 397 



Spaying, Glossary, Genital Organs, 595 

 Special sense, Glossary, . . 608 

 Specific gravity, see Density, Glos- 

 sary, 591 



Spiked fescue-grass, . . . 438 



Spleen in the dog, . . . 180 



in the horse, ... 65 



in the ox, . . . 119 



in the pig, . . . 167 



of poultry, . . . 194 



Sphincter muscles, Glossary, . 608 



Spiderwort order of plants, . 420 



Spirit of wine, Glossary, Alcohol, 584 



Sporules, Glossary, Parasite, . 603 



Spreading millet-grass, . . 445 



Spurgewort order of plants, . 414 



Stallion, 546 



Starch, .... 69, 320 



Glossary, . . . 608 



potato, . - . . 321, 323 



a source of fat, . . 322 



wheat, .... 324 



table of substances con- 

 taining, ... .328 

 Steins of buckwheat, analysis of, 412 

 Steno's duct, .... 

 Stilago order of plants, . . 415 

 Stimuli, Glossary, ... 608 

 Stomach, Glossary, . . . 609 



in the dog, . . . 175 



in the horse, . . 38 



digestion in, 42 



in the ox, . . . 95 



digestion in, 101 



first, second, third, and 



fourth, in the ox, . . . 98 



in the ox, motions of, 



during digestion, . . . 106 



in the pig, . 



in poultry, . . . 185 



in the sheep, . . 143 



| right view of, fig. 12, . 143 



left view of, fig. 13, . 144 



the four of the sheep, 145 



these arranged in a 



straight line, fig. 14, . . 157 



Stomach, digestion in the ox, pre- 

 liminary stage of the, . . 100 

 Storax order of plants, . . 404 

 Straw and pods of bean, analysis 



of, 368 



of the pea, analy- 

 sis of, 370 



of tare, analysis 



of, 371 



of barley, analy- 

 sis of, 468 



of oats, analysis 



of, 464 



of rye, analysis 



of, 473 



of wheat, analy- 

 sis of, . . . 454, 456, 458 

 Strawberry, .... 384 

 Striped and unstriped muscular 



fibres, Glossary, ... 609 



Sudoriferous glands, Glossary, . 609 



Suction by young mammals, . 196 



Sugar, . ... 312 



cane, . . . 312, 424 



barley, .... 315 



beet, .... 316 



brown, .... 315 



of fruits, ... 317 



grape, . ... 317 



inverted, . . . 317 



maple, .... 316 



of milk, ... 317 



starch, .... 317 



substances allied to, . 318 



table of, in several im- 

 portant articles of food, . 319 



Sulphur, 299 



Glossary, ... 609 



Sulphuric acid, .... 300 



Glossary, . . 609 



Sultana raisin, .... 362 



Sunflower, .... 401 



Superfoetation, Glossary, . . 609 

 Supplement to the account of the 

 acts subservient to nutrition in 



domesticated animals, . . 194 



Suwarrow-nut order of plants, . 362 

 Swallowing of food described, . 



Swamp rice, .... 424 

 Swine, see Pig. 



Sweetbread in the horse, . . 65 



in theox, . . 118 



in the pig, . . 167 



in poultry, . .191 



Sweet-flag order of plants, . 423 

 Sweet-scented vernal grass, . 428 

 Symbiotes, Glossary, Parasite, . 603 

 Symmetry, symmetrical, Glossary, 609 

 Sympathetic nerve, Glossary, . 610 

 Synovial fluid or synovia, Glos- 

 sary, ..'... 610 

 Systems in the living body, . 211 

 Systemic circulation, Glossary, . 610 

 Systole, Glossary, Diastole, . 611 



