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covers the leaves, and in fact all the first three stomachs are 

 covered with hard epithelium. In the sheep and goat this com- 

 partment is smaller than the reticulum. 



When the third compartment is full, it has an ovoid shape and is 

 slightly curved and depressed from above downwards. Its anterior 

 surface is attached to the diaphragm by means of cellular tissue, 

 and the posterior surface is in relation with the rumen. The 



Fig. 9. 

 a. The Manyfold cut open ; />. The opening communicating with the Honey- 

 comb ; c. The Abomasum, Rennet, or Reed, or true stomach ; d. The Villous 

 Membrane of the latter. (Simonds.) 



greater or convex curvature is turned upwards, and it is attached 

 by means of a fold of peritoneum to the posterior fissure of the 

 liver. This fold of peritoneum is continued on to the lesser 

 curvature of the fourth compartment, and thence to the duodenum. 

 The lesser curvature has a downward direction and it comes into 

 relation with the second stomach. The left extremity is thin and 

 forms the neck which communicates with the reticulum. The 

 right end is continuous with the base of the fourth compartment 



