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jejunum. In this course, behind the mesentery, it is 
exposed as in most quadrupeds, not being covered by it 
as in the human. The jejunum and ilium pass along 
the edge of the mesentery downwards to the lower part 
of the abdomen. The ilium, near the lower end, makes 
a turn towards the right side, and then mounting upwards 
round the edge of the mesentery passes a little way on 
the right, as high as the kidney, and there enters the 
colon or coecum. The c cecum lies on the lower end of 
the kidney considerably higher than in the human body, 
which renders the ascending part of the colon short. 
The coecum is about seven inches long, and more 
like that of the lion or seal than of any other I know. 
The colon passes obliquely up to the right side, a little 
towards the middle of the abdomen, and when as high 
as the stomach crosses to the left, and acquires a broad 
mesocolon. At this part, it lies upon the left kidney, 
and in its passage down gets more and more to the 
middle line of the body. When it has reached the lower 
part of the abdomen, it passes behind the uterus and 
along with the vagina in the female ; between the two tes« 
tides, and behind the bladder and root of the penis, in 
the male; bending down to open on what is called the 
belly of the animal, and in its whole course it is gently 
convoluted. In those which have no cm cum, and there- 
fore can hardly be said to have a colon, the intestine 
before it terminates in the rectum makes the same 
kind of sweep round the other intestines as the colon 
does where there is a coecum. The intestines are not 
large for the size of the animal, not being larger in those 
