. The breeds, management. stomach from sustaining the whole of theweight of the food, and they afford a sort of steps or rest-ing-places for the food that has undergone maceration, theupper and smaller compartment being that into which thefood is raised just previous to being ruminated. The ru-men is partly abashed to the second stomach, but onlycommunicates with it through the common opening intothe cesophagean canal. The second stomach is called the reticulum; its size isconsiderably less than the rumen, but it possesses muchstrength in its coats, and its muscular fibres are more devel-oped.
. The breeds, management. stomach from sustaining the whole of theweight of the food, and they afford a sort of steps or rest-ing-places for the food that has undergone maceration, theupper and smaller compartment being that into which thefood is raised just previous to being ruminated. The ru-men is partly abashed to the second stomach, but onlycommunicates with it through the common opening intothe cesophagean canal. The second stomach is called the reticulum; its size isconsiderably less than the rumen, but it possesses muchstrength in its coats, and its muscular fibres are more devel-oped. It is globular in shape and somewhat larger than themaniplus, and is familiar to us in tripe, not only from itscellular structure, but from its being thicker than the oth-ers. Its internal aspect is very singular, having a vastnumber, indeed several hundred, of shallow cells somewhatlike a honeycomb. These cells are much smaller at thepart of the viscus nearest the entrance, and gradually in- 134 STRUCTURE OF THE INTERNAL VIEW OF THE STOMACHS. STRUCTURE OF THE SHEEP. 135 DESCRIPTION OF THE CUT. A. The lower part of the oesophagus, showing its external coat. B. Its internal coat at its termination. C. The upper compartment of the rumen, or first stomach, showing its in- ternal coat. D. The strong musculer band which divides the lower from-the upper compartment. E. The lower compartment of the rumen. F. Another muscular band. G G. The external coat of the rumen. H. The entrance to the rumen cut open, and its opposite part reflected back, so as to exhibit an internal view of the second The external coat of the reticulum, or second J J J, The muscular pillars forming the floor of the cesophagean canal when close, but now spread open to show the second K. An internal view of the reticulum, or second stomach, showing its peculiar honeycomb L. The continuation of the aesophagean canal at the entrance to the third M. An inte
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