After having eaten tranquilly for some time the animal suddenly becomes uneasy, arches the back, stretches the neck and head, and then suddenly ejects 10 to 12 pounds of the contents of the rumen.
"Special Report on Diseases of Cattle"
U.S. Department of Agriculture J.R. Mohler
Like a living thing it ejects into its environment the waste products of its function.
"The Mechanism of Life"
Stéphane Leduc
It also ejects a quantity of a species of black jaspars, which look as if they had been burned at the extremities, while in form they resemble trees and branches.
"A Girl's Ride in Iceland"
Ethel Brilliana Alec-Tweedie