THE RUMINANTS. 



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day in the water. The teeth are vahiable as ivory. (An- 

 derssen.) 



Ruminant ia.— Villi remaining Artioclactyles are called 

 Euminants, from the fact that tliey chew their cud. The 

 molars are provided witli two double crescent-shaped folds 

 (Pig. 311). The stomach (Fig. 313) is divided into at least 

 three, usually four compartments, i.e., the paunch, th ' 



Fio. 313.— Virginian Deer. 



reticulum or honeycomb, so named from the polygonal 

 cells on its interior, the p.?alterium or manyplies, and lastly 

 the rennet or true stomach. When a sheep, cow, or any 

 other Ruminant feeds, it thrusts out its long tongue, seizes 

 a bunch of grass, and bites it off by pressing the incisors 

 of the lower jaw against the toothless gum of the opposing 

 part of the upper jaw; the mouthful of grass is then swal- 

 lowed, mixed with much saliva. When its appetite is 



