304- DE BESTJIS MJRIXIS. 



fonimcn fcilicct auriiim n icliquir) fcrupofis pori» difcemi nc- 

 quit , vix llylum calami galliuacci cnuiitie admittit , ca- 

 nali^ nurium iutcnius ghber cll et pi)litiHinv.i nigra cutc 

 obducitur , liinc ficilc Icparatis mufculi^ occipitis colore 

 fuo ic prodit ct in conpcftum \cnit. 



Lingua 12. poUiccs longa 2', lata , bubulac par, apicc 

 acuminata , in fupcrficic limac inlVar ^illi> brtuibus alpcra, 

 ac ita intra fauccs rcconditur , At multis lingua carere vi- 

 fum fu.rit animal , >tcumc]uc cnim manu protcnditur , 

 frocnum tamcn oris non aitingit , (cd 1 ', polliccs ab illo 

 dcticit , quac fi longior eflct, \t in aliis animalibus, mafti- 

 cationcm odibus pcrlicicndam impcdirtt. 



Caput indilcrctum paritcr ac collum , ita rcliquo 

 corpori iungitur , \t nuUatcnus dilccrni poffit , ca prorfus 

 rationc, ac in in pifcibus omnibus , quod tamcn collum ob- 

 (cure rcfcrt, ip.o capitc dimidio brcuius, tcrcs ac anibitu occi- 

 pitc gracilub dl. Nil.ilo tamcn miuu^ uon tantum \crtLbiis 

 inltruitur mobilibus , vcriim niftu ipfb mouctur , ibquc mt)tus 

 fohimmodo intcr palircndum \iuo animali oblcmabilis , in- 

 clinat enim caput cadcm rationc ac boucs in ficco , crafla 

 faltim ct dcformis cuticula quictum aut occifum animal , \e- 

 lut immobili collo pracditum cflct , oculis offcit , nullis omni- 

 no vcrtcbrarum \cfligiis cxtaiitibus. 



A icapulis vsquc ad \mbilicum corpus fubiio latius 

 fe diffundit , et abhinc verfus anum dcnuo fubito graci- 

 lcfcit , latcra fubrotunda \cntricolj limt paritcr ac \cntcr, 

 qui ab immcnfa intcflinorum molc tumidiis , claflicus, nc 

 \cluti \tcr inflatus , ab \mbilico \cr(iis anum (cnfim dc- 

 diuib , paiitcr ac a mammis vcrfus, collum. 



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