THE RUMINANTS, 
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day in the water. The teeth are yahiable as ivory. (An- 
derssen.) 
Ruminantia. — The remaining Artiodactyles are called 
Euminants, from the fact that they chew their cud. The 
molars are provided with two double crescent-shaped folds 
(Pig. 311). The stomach (Fig. 312) is divided into at least 
three, usually iour compartments, i.e., the paunch, t 
Fig. 313.— Virginian Deer. 
reticulum or honeycomb, so named from the polygonal 
cells on its interior, the psalteritwi 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 
