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STOMACHS OF THE SHEEP. 



THE STOMACHS. 



«,' The esophagus or gullet, entering the mmen or paxinch. 

 &, i. The rnmen, or paunch, occupying three-fourths of the ahdomen. 

 c. The reticulum, or honey-comb — the 2d stomach. 

 a. The maniplns, or many folds —the 3d stomach- 

 e, The abomasnm, or 4th stomach. 

 /, The commencement of the duodenum orlirst intestine. 



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

 sum and duodenmn. 



" The walls of the i-umen or paunch consist of four coats or 

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

 3d, The mucous, covered with papUlfe, or little protuberances, 

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

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

 4th, The inner or cutieular coat, a thin, entirely insensiMe 

 membrane, which defends the mucous coat from abrasion or 

 erosion." 



