The liver is about half as large as the head, and is shaped so as to fit snugly into its corner of the abdomen.

The chief business of the liver is to make a fluid called _bile_, which is very necessary for the digestion of our food.
~14.~ The bile is a bitter fluid of a golden-brown color.

It is carried to the intestine by means of a little tube or duct, which enters the small intestine a few inches below the stomach.

When the bile is made faster than it is needed for immediate use, it is stored up in a little pear-shaped sac called the _gall-bladder_, which hangs from the under side of the liver.
~15.~ The liver is a very wonderful organ, and does many useful things besides making bile.

It aids in various ways in digesting the food, and helps to keep the blood pure by removing from it harmful substances which are formed within the body.
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