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FEEDING ANIMALS. 



the convex aspect of the organ, as would be the case if all 

 were of the same length. These leaves are not simple 

 folds of mucous membrane, but contain also muscular 

 tissue continued from the coat of the stomach, and enab- 

 ling the adjacent leaves to move on each other for the 

 trituration of the intervening food. Each leaf is studded 



Fig. 3. EXTERNAL APPEARANCE OF STOMACHS. 



a. The oesophagus or gullet, entering the rumen or paunch. 



&, J>. The rumen, or paunch, occupying three-fourths of the abdomen. 



c. The reticulum or honey-comb the second stomach. 



d. The omasum or manifolds third stomach. 



e. The abomasum or fourth stomach. 



/. The commencement of the duodenum or first intestine. 



g. The place of the pylorus, a valve which separates the contents of the abomasum 

 and duodenum. 



