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RUMINATING ANIMALS. 
“ When the young calf is fed on milk, that liquor, 
which docs not require to be ruminated, is conveyed 
directly from the oesophagus to the fourth cavity, not 
passing into the first or second, nor between the 
plicse of the third, which at that time adhere toge- 
ther.” 
This is the general process which the stomach 
of ruminating animals perform ; but we shall also 
find modifications of the structure in the animals 
which recede from the most typical forms, gene- 
rally somewhat assimilating with the race to which 
they most nearly approximate. One of the most 
marked as well as admirable in its adaptation, is seen 
in the stomach of the camel. One cavity is fitted 
to answer the purposes of two of the bullock, and 
the second is employed as a reservoir for water, and 
has nothing to do witli the preparation of the food. 
