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SHEEP HUSBANEfRY IS THE SOUTH. 



ihv nnimal t»conomy are not well understood, and i , has in some instance! 

 b«^«'ii removed ftora the living animal without the apparent derangement 



Fig. 48. 



THE INTESTINES AND MESENTART. 



1 The duoden im. 2. The jejunum. 3. The ileum 



I The coBcum, being the anteiior prolongation of the colon, or first large intestine. The ileum openi 



into this (on the back side as presented in the cut), about twelve Inches from its extreiaitv — ih« 



opening being defended by a valve. 

 5 The large anterior portion of the colon, retaining its size (about three times that of the smaller it>te« 



tines) for about two feet. 



8.6 The colon tending toward the center. 



7.7 The returning convolutions of the colon. 



8 The rectum or stiaight gut, communicating with the anus. 

 9. 9. rhe mesentary, or that portion of the peritoneum which retains the intestines in their places. 

 10. The portion of the mesentary supporting the colon, &c. 

 TI.e united length of these intestines is upward of sixty feet ! 



of any function. Mr, Youatt conjectures that its main office 

 the coloring matter of the blood. 



to supply 



The Pancreas. — The pancreas or sweet-bread, with the appearance of 

 which all who have noticed the entrails of a sheep, are also familiar, is a 

 jrlaiidular body found on the left side of the belly. It has a series of 

 ducts which unite into a larger one, and, as before stated, this discharges 

 a transparent, albuminous, and somewhat acid fluid into the biliary duct 

 near the point where it enters the duodenum. This fluid acts some un- 

 known, but probably necessary part in preparing the chyme for the offices 

 it is to perform in the animal economy. 



The Liver. — The liver is much largei in proportion, in the sheep, than 

 h\ the horse and ox . and it ia twice the proportionate size of that of Mar 



