382 Mr. Home's Observations on the Camel’s Stomach 
Plate XVI. 
Represents a posterior view of the first and second sto- 
machs of the bullock unopened, and an internal view of the 
third and fourth stomachs, in their natural relative situation 
to the others. 
a , The oesophagus. 
bb, The coats of the first stomach, in a distended state. 
c, The coats of the second stomach. 
d, The orifice leading into the third stomach. 
eee, The plicae of three different breadths, which are con- 
tained in the third stomach. 
f, The valvular termination of the third stomach in the 
fourth. 
ggg, The longitudinal plicae of the fourth stomach. 
h, The rugae of the fourth stomach, near the pylorus. 
i, The glandular projection opposed to the orifice of the 
pylorus. 
k, The pylorus, or termination of the fourth stomach. 
Plate XVII. 
Represents an internal view of the first stomach of the 
camel, exposed in the same manner as that of the bullock, in 
Pate XV. 
In this stomach there are two compartments, separated 
from each other by a longitudinal ridge, which is composed 
of strong muscular fibres, and the orifice leading into the 
second stomach is nearly at right angles to the cavity of the 
first ; there is a strong muscle passing from the orifice of 
the first stomach through the upper part of the second sto- 
mach to the third, where it terminates ; this muscle, and the 
