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RUMINATING ANIMALS. 



" When the young calf is fed on milk, that liquor, 

 which does not require to be ruminated, is conveyed 

 directly from the oesophagus to the fourth cavity, not 

 passing into the first or second, nor between the 

 plicae of the third, which at that time adhere toge- 

 ther." 



This is the general process which the stomach 

 of ruminating animals perform; but we shall also 

 find modifications of the structure in the animals 

 which recede from the most typical forms, gene- 

 rally somewhat assimilating with the race to which 

 they most nearly approximate. One of the most 

 marked as well as admirable in its adaptation, is seen 

 in the stomach of the camel. One cavity is fitted 

 to answer the purposes of two of the bullock, and 

 the second is employed as a reservoir for water, and 

 has nothing to do with the preparation of the food. 



