TWO YOUNG NATURALISTS. 



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" Speaking of apparatus, no doubt you are acquainted 

 with the arrangement of the stomach of the ruminants, 



SKULL OF A RODENT 



TEETH OF AN INSECTIVOUOUS ANIMAL. 



or animals that chew the cud. This stomach consists 

 of four separate parts: 1, the rumen, or paunch; 2, 



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the reticulum, or honeycomb bag ; 3, the psalterium, 

 or manyplies ; 4, the abonasum, or rennet-stomach. 



