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c) So firmly fafkned all along to the bottom of the Mouth, not to the Palate *— , 

 that it can 't exert or thruft its feJf out bcyond the verge or Limits of thc mouth. 

 TyfoH. p. J f . 



<J. The Teeth are not faftened in diflinct fokets or Cells as is ufual in other Animals, but 

 only by a ftrong mcmbrane or cartilage , therc bcing one common furrovv in each. 

 Javv, into vvliich the Extreams ofall of them are recived. Theefe teth are fo #mal| 

 and short. that thcy feem unfit cither for mallication or fight, but only to dctain 

 thcir Prey till fuch time as they can conveoiently fvvalfovv it Tyhole. Jj/e*. p. j*. 



e) D* CetU />. 11;. 



§. XXXIV. 



Abfoluta jam naturali , indocta qvidem , dilpofitione PHYSETE- 

 RUM vel FLATORUM , i. e. Pifcium, qvi pulmonibus gaudent , ve- 

 niam me impetraturum iterum iterumqve confido, qvod plures ab auto- 

 ribus recenfitas balarnas , vel tanqvam fiifpeclas aut nondum fatis notas, 

 vel tanqvam plane alienigenas , praeterierim ; multa latent qvae in luce 

 expofita credimus. Interim non defpero , qvin & plura ejusmodi ani- 

 malia , fi vel genere vel fpecie inter fe diverfa funt, imo & reliqva, qvjc 

 oculos hominum usqve adnuc fubterfugerunt , fi aliqvando in conlpedum 

 venirent, hanc difpofitionem haud difficulter lubirent. 



§. XXXV. 



Brevem eiTe, inqvit Plinius Lib. j. Ep. 6 , qvi facit, qvod infli- 

 tuit; fic patientia lectoris non abutar , fi immorabor reliqvx materiac , 

 qvam Frontifpicio hujus MilTus inlcripli fingularia, fcilicet: De dentibus 

 Bal&narum & Elephantinis ; De lapide Manati & liburonis. Qyanto 

 ocyus autem hunc excurfum abiblvere annitar. 



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