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STOMACHS OF THB SHEEP. 



THE STOMACHS. 



a,' The esophagns or gnllet, enteriDg the mmen or pannch. 



6, ft, The Tumen, or panncn, occupying three-fourths of the abdomen. 



<:. The reticulum, or honey-comb ~ the 9d Btomach. 



d. The maniplus, or many folds — the 3d stomach. 



e. The abomasum, or 4th Btomach. 



/, The commencement of the duodenum or first intestine. 



g, The place of the pylorus, a valve which separates the contents of the aboma- 

 sum and duodenum. 



"The walls of the rumen or paunch consist of four coats or 

 tunics — 1st, The peritoneal or outer coat ; 2d, The muscular; 

 3d, The mucous, coYered with papillae, or little protuherances,- 

 from which (or glands under which) is secreted a peculiar 

 fluid to soften and prepare the food for re-mastication ; and, 

 4th, The inner or cuticular coat, a thin, entirely insensible 

 membrane, which defends the mucous coat from abrasion or 

 erosion." 



