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Situation. The i>t<n,xi<-li. also designated the miti-ii-iilim, is situated in the 

 diaphragmatic region of the abdomen, where it affocts a direetion transverse 

 to tlic median plane of the body. 



Dimensions. Its average capacity, in an ordinary-sized M..I-SC, in from 

 3 to 3 gallons; but it varies greatly according to the bulk of the animal, 

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in common-bred Horses, and in the Ass and Mule. When empty, its average 

 weight is between 3 and 4 pounds. 



Form. Elongated laterally, curved on itself, often constricted in 

 its middle, and slightly depressed from l>efore to behind, this reservoir 

 presents, externally : 1, Two faces an anterior and posterior, smooth and 

 rounded; 2, A great or convex curvature, forming the inferior border of the 



