Chap. 85.] ANIMALS WHICH HAVE SUET. 75 



CHAP. 84. THE WOMB I THE WOMB OF THE SOW : THE TEATS. 



Women have all the same organs, except that adjoining to 

 the bladder there is one like a small sac, 2 from which circum- 

 stance it is called the " uterus." Another name for this partis 

 " loci ;" 3 but in other animals it is known by the name of 

 " vulva." "With the viper and other animals which generate 

 their young within themselves, the wonib is double ; while 

 with those which are oviparous, it is attached to the diaphragm. 

 In woman it has two concavities, one on either side : when 

 the matrix becomes displaced, it is productive of fatal effects, by 

 causing suffocation. 4 It is asserted that the cow, when preg- 

 nant, carries her young only in the right concavity of the womb, 

 and that this is the case even when she produces twins. The 

 womb of the sow is considered better eating if she has slipped her 

 young, than if she has duly brought forth : in the former case 

 it is known by the name of "ejectitia," in the latter it is 

 called " porcaria." The womb of a sow that has farrowed only 

 once is the most esteemed, and that of those which have 

 ceased farrowing, the least. After farrowing, unless the ani- 

 mal is killed the same day, the womb is of a livid colour, and 

 lean. This part, however, is not esteemed in a young sow, 

 except just after the first farrowing : indeed, it is much more 

 highly valued in an animal of a more mature age, so long as it 

 is not past breeding, or has been killed two days before far- 

 rowing, or two days after, or upon the day on which it has 

 miscarried. The next best after that of a sow that has mis- 

 carried, is that of one that has been killed the day after far- 

 rowing : indeed, the paps of this last, if the young have not 

 begun to suck, are excellent eating, while those of an animal 

 that has miscarried are very inferior. The ancients called this 

 part by the name of " abdomen,''" before it grew hard, and 

 were not in the habit of killing swine while in a state of 

 pregnancy. 



CHAP. 85. ANIMALS WHICH HAVE SUET : ANIMALS WHICH DO NOT 



GEOW EAT. 



Those among the horned animals which have teeth in one 



2 Or bag. 



8 "The (principal) place." 



4 Ajasson renders this passage : " The effects are fatal when this organ, 

 becoming displaced, absorbs the air." The text is probably corrupt. 



