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enlarges somewliat to terminate in a fairly long and straight 

 rectum. 



The glands of Peyer of the ox are elongated and 

 very large, ranging from four inches to twelve inches in 

 length, and from about half an inch to one inch in width. 

 Thus we see that food which has been thoroughly elabo- 

 rated in the stomach passes into a long but narrow 

 passage, not very capacious, but arranged so as to 

 secure contact of the contents with a very considerable 

 extent of surface, so that thorough absorption of useful 

 matters takes place. However, at the end of its passage 

 through the intestine useless excreted matter is expelled 

 as faeces, having about 75 per cent, of water, therefore 

 markedly pultaceous, varying in this respect according to 

 the nature of the diet and method of feeding. As com- 



FiG. 56. — Intestines, large and small, viewed from the right side. 



pared with the intestines of the horse, those of the ox 

 are less important digestive organs, and are, therefore, 

 not so frequently involved in disease ; their disorders are 

 not so urgent. We have already seen how numerous 



