. Sketches of the natural history of Ceylon; with narratives and anecdotes illustrative of the habits and instincts of the mammalia, birds, reptiles, fishes, insects, &c. including a monograph of the elephant ... Zoology; Elephants. Chap. IH.] THE ELEPHAIO:. 125 The appendage thus alluded to by Sir Evehabd Home is the grand " cul-de-sac," noticed by the Academic des Sciences, and the "division particulike," figured by Camper. It is of sufficient dimensions to contain ten gallons of water, and by means of the valve above alluded to, it can be shut off from the chamber de
. Sketches of the natural history of Ceylon; with narratives and anecdotes illustrative of the habits and instincts of the mammalia, birds, reptiles, fishes, insects, &c. including a monograph of the elephant ... Zoology; Elephants. Chap. IH.] THE ELEPHAIO:. 125 The appendage thus alluded to by Sir Evehabd Home is the grand " cul-de-sac," noticed by the Academic des Sciences, and the "division particulike," figured by Camper. It is of sufficient dimensions to contain ten gallons of water, and by means of the valve above alluded to, it can be shut off from the chamber devoted to the. ELEPHANT'S STOMACH. process of digestion. Professor Owen is probably the first who, not from an autopsy, but from the mere in- spection of the drawings of Camper and Home, ventured to assert (in lectures hitherto unpublished), that the uses of this section of the elephant's stomach maybe analogous to those ascertained to belong to a somewhat similar arrangement in the stomach of the camel, one cavity of which is exclusively employed as a reservoir for water, and performs no function in the preparation of food.' ' A similar arrangement, -with, the Cordilleras of Chili and Peru; some modifications, has more re- hut hoth these and the camel are cently been found in the llama of ruminants, whilst the elephants the Andes, which, like the camel, helongs to the Pachydermata. is used as a beast of burden in. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Tennent, James Emerson, Sir, 1804-1869. London, Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts
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