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TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



SECTION II. 



Page 



Of the Special Senses 48 



1. Of Sight 48 



2. Of Hearing 55 



3. Of Smell 60 



4. Of Taste 62 



5. OfTouch 63 



6. Of the Voice 64 



CHAPTER FOURTH. 



OF INTELLIGENCE AND INSTINCT . . ... 67 



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CHAPTER FIFTH. 

 OF MOTION .73 



SECTION I. 



Apparatus of Motion 73 



SECTION II. 



Of Locomotion 79 



1. Plan of the Organs of Locomotion 82 



2. Of Standing, and the Modes of Progression . . 88 



"Walking 90 



Running 91 



Leaping 91 



Climbing 92 



Flying 92 



Swimming .......... 93 



CHAPTER SIXTH. 



OF NUTRITION 96 



SECTION I. 



Of Digestion 97 



Digestive Tube . . 97 



Chymification ... 100 



Chylification 100 



Mastication 101 



Insalivation 108 



Deglutition 108 



