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tube in a ruminant ; and I select the Aoudad (Ovis tragelaphus) for 
that purpose. 
The alimentary tube measured 91 feet 1 inch in length ; the con- 
tents of the stomach weighed 20 lbs., and this viscus held 28 pints of 
water ; the cesophagus 8 ozs. ; the small intestines 9 pints, the large 
4 pints: in all 41 pints. The gall-bladder contained 3 ozs. of bile. 
In the subjoined table I have not selected all the ruminants I have 
dissected, as some of my papers have been mislaid ; but the number, 
I hope, is sufficient to lead to a useful and practical inference. The 
comparison, too, of the length of the canal in young and in old ani- 
mals is one, I think, of great interest. In all instances (when prac- 
ticable) the intestines have been pulled from the mesentery. 
Length of 
alimentary 
Name. canal. 
ft. in. 
Giraffe, female, 18 years (Camelopardalis gyrafia) .. 254 0 
CES 2 atl Oil Re Seale DNS aaa Mes, nee 20209 - 0 
PR NET THOME eta gree at oa oo vow pecs ode Gg 107 11 
Milani Oreas conuain glo. eqs ve tao lees oc fee. 161 0 
Bubaline Antelope (dleelaphus bubalis) .......... 94.6 
Old Leucoryx (Oryx leucoryx) .......0.. cece. se? 48356 
Peramsrinnler ditto nee vids hed eaditts deuce Sis 65 0 
Addax (Addax nasomaculata) 1.0... cece ce cece es 72,0 
Bontiboe (Alcelaphus pygargus) 00... cece canes 64 2 
Duykerboe (Cephalophus mergens) ........0..04. 95 0 
Rheitboe (Eleotragus arundinaceus) ...........4 +. 48 0 
Springbock, young (Gazella euchore) ............ 38 0 
Sing-Sing (ddenota hob) .... 6... cece cece cceuae 64 0 
EG HeeihriPe Mes Phys Jes oakt. cE wos pnd be 37 4 
Indian Antelope (Cervieapra bezoarctica).......... 39 (0 
Ditto, Ng as wis atta tt. 4 Re iAS BIAS Sine b 44 0 
Bennett’s Gazelle (Gazella bennettii) ............ 43 0 
Dorcas Gazelle (G. doreas). 2. . 6... 2... ce eee ee 4) 65 
sree pweminge 15 'G7A...) os fs ae woe sss ce 10" 6 
Indian Antelope (Antilope cervicapra) ............ 64 0 
mane, atew weeks Gld gee) | ke ee 33 6 
Philantomba Antelope (Cephalophus maxwellii) 39 8 
Isabelline Antelope, young (Antilope isabellina) .... 31 0 
Four-horned Antelope (Tetraceros quadricornis) .. 50 10 
Harte Beest (Boselaphus caama Sd Sbatayamatese easel. 0 er, ee 
Nylghau, at birth, weight 14 Ibs. (Portaz picta)..., 32 2 
meio,  oldMemiale’ MA tPs Ty, ih 5G, fa, LAS TO 
ee ee ler Naples Sort ne ee eS 140 0 
Reindeer, old female (Cervus tarandus)......... 120 0 
Ditto. ditto. Rea ears 126 0 
Mexican Deer (C. mewicanus) ..........se.-.008 52 6 
Milatca Deer, younp- inf... dod. 2). bee hewt 2 48 4 
Sambur Deer (C. aristotelis) ........ 00 cece ce ceus 80 0 
Rocky-Mountain Deer ( Sas sao Sitka the y eat HAST 
