5379. I have also been shown by the use of representations what happens when those who constitute the colon trouble those in the province of the peritoneum. Those constituting the colon are puffed up, like the colon when it is distended by its own wind. When spirits in the colon wished to make an attack on the ones in the peritoneum, it seemed as though a wall was placed in their way; and whenever they tried to overturn the wall another one invariably rose up. This was how they were kept away from those in the peritoneum.