STOMACHS OF THE SHEEP. 



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The following cut wliicli I borrow from Mr. Youatt's 

 work on sheep, exhibits the 



INTEENAL APPEARANCE OF STOMACHS. 



a, The esophagus or euUet 



4, The commencement of the esophagean canal, slit open, with mnscnlar pillars 



underneath, 

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

 rf. The reticulum or honey-comh — slit open. 

 «, The maniplns or many-folds — slit open. 

 /, The abomasum — slit open. 



^, The commencement of the duodennm or first intestine, 

 ft. The duodenum slit open, 

 i, m, I, Wands, showing course of esophagean canal, opening of sioniachs, etc. 



" The reticulum or honey-eomb is composed of the same 

 number of coats as the rumen, fulfilling similar functions. 



