3 62 Mr . Home's Observations on the Camel's Stomach 
was suspended, as that was the state in which the different 
stomachs could be most accurately examined, without dis- 
turbing their contents. 
When the first stomach of the bullock is laid open by a 
longitudinal incision on the left side of the oesophagus, and 
the solid contents are removed, which in general are very dry, 
that cavity appears to be made up of two large compartments, 
separated from each other by two transverse bands of consi- 
derable thickness, and the second stomach forms a pouch or 
lesser compartment, on the anterior part of it, rather to the right 
of the oesophagus, so that the first and second stomach are both 
included in one general cavity, and lined with a cuticle. 
The oesophagus appears to open into the first stomach, but 
on each side of its termination there is a muscular ridge, pro- 
jecting from the coats of the first stomach, so as to form a 
channel into the second stomach. 
These muscular bands however do not terminate there, 
but are continued on to the orifice of the third stomach, in 
which they are lost. 
When these parts are examined, it is evident that the food 
can pass readily from the oesophagus, either into the general 
cavity of the first stomach or into the second, which last is 
peculiarly fitted by its situation, and the muscular power of its 
coats both to throw up its contents into the mouth, and to 
receive a supply from the general cavity of the first stomach 
at the will of the animal. 
It was ascertained by examining the stomachs of several 
bullocks immediately after they were knocked down, that the 
second stomach contained the same kind of food as the first, 
only more moist ; it must therefore be considered as a shelf 
