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round the first and posterior turns of the colon ; it then passes up the 

 left side between this turn and the descending rectum ; and, when got 

 so high as where the rectum begins, it passes gently forwards and 

 becomes loose to form the jejunum : the ileum passes into the colon on 

 the side of the abdomen. The caecum is pretty long, as in most of this 

 class of animals. The colon passes up the right side in the same direc- 

 tion with the caecum, and, when got as high as the beginning of the 

 duodenum, it makes a quick turn back and down upon itself: in its 

 passage down it has the duodenum attached to it, and then makes a 

 turn across the spine and up on the left or rather before the spine. 

 This sweep of the colon is more than three parts of a circle, and is 

 enclosed by the bend of the duodenum. This sweep comes forward 

 witb the duodenum, and then takes a long sweep downwards on the 

 inside of the last ascending turn of the colon (vide figure 1 ). 



Viscera of a Cow [Bos. Taurus, Linu., foem.]. 



There are three reservoirs to the stomach : this cavity or true digest- 

 ing bag is very much in the common place, and is of the shape of the 

 stomach in most animals, but does not extend so far on the left, nor is 

 it so near the spine ; it is removed farther to the right and forwards 

 by the other three bags. It is, also, not so large in proportion as 

 the stomachs of other animals, because its whole employment is 

 digestion, and therefore it has not to contain anything by way of 

 reservoir. 



The duodenum passes down the right side, makes small turns in its 

 way and gets as low as the pelvis, then makes a quick turn up, and a 

 little to the left along the spine, and along on the right of the rectum ; 

 and, when got as high as the root of the mesentery, pancreas, &c, 

 which is at the attachment of these parts to the back, it comes forward 

 and becomes loose. From thence it passes [as jejunum] to the left 

 above, and to the right below, almost back in the same direction, making 

 many convolutions on the edge of the mesentery, and, when got to the 

 right and lower part of the belly, the ileum joins the caecum and runs 

 up along with it to the colon. 



It enters the colon, which is also loose, being only attached to the 

 right edge of the mesentery ; the colon makes a bend downwards upon 



1 [Home, Comp. Anat. i., p. 463, tab. cxix. ; the transcript of Hunter's notes 

 in the work cited is referred, as in those notes, to the ' East Indian Bull.' The male 

 organs of the Zebu form the Hunt. Prep. No. 2557 : the horns are No. 3843, 

 Osteol. Series.] 



