lOO Sir E. Home on the coagulating Power, ^c. 



of the gizzard, the mucus in the stomach, and the inner mem- 

 brane of that cavity appear equally to have acquired it. 



This coagulation appears to be the first change the food 

 undergoes in the process of digestion, and where the digestion 

 is rapid, the coagulated parts are very quickly dissolved. 



Mr. Bullock was led, by his love of natural history, to 

 spend some time on the Bass Rocks, and has frequently seen 

 a Solan goose swallow a herring, and come immediately to 

 feed its young, and although the time the herring remained 

 in its stomach could not have been more than a few minutes, 

 when it was brought up again, to be given to the young bird, 

 the external x:overing was entirely dissolved. 



