ANIMAL REPRODUCTIONS, 297 
“from each, which fpread on the cutaneous 
* mufcle in many directions ;_fome advancing to 
* the root of the large horns ; and in the right 
‘fide are alfo inferted in the prepuce and vagi- 
‘na. From numerous ramifications of the lower 
“nerves, fome proceed forward, and are loft in 
© the anterior extremity of the foot. 
‘ In the laft place are the mufcles of the heads 
‘ confifting of the retractor of the oval globe, the 
“two retractors of the large horns, and two 
‘ mandibles, which all iffue from the mufcles 
_ © that proceed from the fpiral column. The re- 
* tractor of the globe, which. is the largeft of all, 
« proceeds to infert itfelf in the*pofterior part of 
‘ the globe below. ‘Thofe of the large horns are 
‘tinged with dark yellow before, and end in.a 
‘ {mall oblong flattened hollow body, that ter- 
‘minates towards the extremity of the large 
© horde. oi he {mall retractors pafs by. the fides 
‘ of the brain, to which they adhere by means of 
< the optic nerves; and thence dividing in two . 
‘ towards the extremities, the {maller pafles to the 
* extremity of the fmaller horns, and the larger 
© difperfes in the muicle of the fkin below. The 
¢ mandibular nerves, afcending in feveral different 
< and diftin&: bundles mutually inclined towards 
* each other, proceed to unite at the apex of the 
hd under mandible, being equally diftributed in the 
* cutaneous mulcle. 
: Befides 
