IV. A report on the stomach of the zariffa

Having submitted to the King the following report upon the stomach of the Zariffa, I am sanctioned by His Majesty’s entire approbation in laying it before the Royal Society. The stomach consists of four cavities, like those of all quadrupeds that chew the cud. The internal surface of the paunch differs in nothing from that of the bullock, but in the projecting parts being more prominent. In the second cavity the cells met with in other ruminants are too superficial to retain water. The third and fourth cavities in every respect resemble those of the bullock. The more minute structures of these parts are distinctly shown in the annexed Plates.