182 THE HOUSE I LIVE IN. 



gullet or food pipe, c, the lerft or large ex- 

 tremity, d, the end or small extremity, and 

 e, the pylorus. The stomach of an adult will 

 hold, when moderately stretched, about two or 

 three pints. 



THE INTESTINES. Beyond the stomach, 

 the passage through the house, I live in, though 

 exceedingly winding, is rather more uniform in 

 its dimensions than it is before we arrive at the 

 stomach. But even here the size varies. Im- 

 mediately after leaving the stomach, the space, 

 though at first rather large, rapidly diminishes, 

 and becomes and remains small till we get 

 more than -three quarters of the way through, 

 when it again enlarges, and continues enlarged 

 to the extremity. 



The distance from the mouth to the extrem- 

 ity, through all the windings of this avenue, 

 varies somewhat in different persons ; but may 

 be set down as about six times the height of 

 the individual. 



GALL BLADDER. Not far beyond the 

 stomach is an opening or door leading through 



