STOMACHS OF KUMIHANTS. 



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thing to find 150 to 200 pounds, and this though the 

 animal has been fasting for twenty-four hours. This mass 

 represents but 40 to 50 pounds of solid dry food, the 

 remainder being saliva carried with it in deglutition. 



Fig. 4. INTERNAL. APPEARANCE OF STOMACHS (YOUATT). 



a. The oesophagus or gullet. 



&. The commencement of the cesophagean canal, slit open, with muscular pillars 

 underneath. 



c. c, c. The rumen, paunch or first stomach, slit open. 



d. The reticulum or honey-comb, slit open. 



e. The omasum or manifolds, slit open. 

 f. The abomasum, slit open. 



ff. The commencement of the duodenum or first intestine. 



h. The duodenum, slit open. 



i, m, 1. Wands, showing the course of oesophagean canal, opening of stomachs, etc. 



