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ON EMETIC TARTAR. 
Every thing;, then, is disposed in ruminants to render rejection 
from the two first stomachs easy; but rejection from the last, 
that is to say, true vomiting, difficult, yet not impossible, since 
some authors have assured us, that they have seen ruminants 
vomit. 
However, the following remarks may be made on these cases, 
which are veiy rare:—First, that the vomiting always depended 
on some disease, which might have changed the natural relations 
of the parts; and secondly, that in eveiy case that has been re¬ 
ported, the vomiting came from the paunch, and not from the 
fourth stomach ; and that, consequently, it was not a true vo¬ 
miting, but a simple ordinary rejection, although a vitiated one, 
of the contents of the paunch. If we recollect that this fourth 
stomach is that in which the definite conversion of the food into 
chyle is performed; that it contains that which has undergone 
the process of rumination, and which, consequently, ought not 
to return again to the mouth; and on the other hand, that the 
two first stomachs are those where the aliment is only submitted 
to a certain preparation ; that they contain matters which have 
not been ruminated, and which, of consequence, must return to 
the mouth—we shall plainly see why every thing is arranged 
to render rejection easy from the two first stomachs, and very 
difficult from the fourth. Without this arrangement, in fact, the 
food wffiich has been re-masticated, and has found its way to 
the fourth stomach, would be constantly mixed, confounded, 
and returned to the mouth with that wffiich had not undergone 
this process ; and a degree of confusion would ensue, incompati¬ 
ble with the accomplishment of that object which nature meant 
to effect by the act of rumination. 
Rk'ueil Med. Vet. Aout 1833. 
An American Horse-dealer. 
It is not unusual to find Americans indulging a very flow'ery 
phraseology upon ordinary enough occasions. The following is an 
example of metaphoric flight:—Not long since, a British officer, in 
Kingston, was purchasing a horse from an American dealer. The 
various perfections having been descanted upon in such terms as 
are commonly in use ; Now, sir,” quoth the Yankee, in lan¬ 
guage more replete with point than with propriety, if you 
would have a horse to sleep upon, don’t buy him ; but if you 
would have a creature to carry you through hell without singe¬ 
ing the feather in your cap, tliere he stands.” 
