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by joynt ftroaks of oppofite wings and 

 Finnes, and how falient animals in jump 

 ing forward feem to arifeand fall upon 

 afquare bafc ; As the ftation of moft 

 Quadrupeds, is made upon a long fquare, 

 fo in their motion they make a Rhom- 

 boides; their common progreffion be* 

 ing performed Diametrally, by dccuf- 

 fation and erode advancement of their 

 legges) which not obfervcd begot that 

 remarkable abfurdity in the poGtion of 

 the leggesof Ctffiws horfe in the Capitol. 

 The Snake which moveth circularly 

 makes his fpires in like order* the con 

 vex and concave fpirals an wering each 

 other at alternate diftances^ In the mo 

 tion of man the armes and legges ob* 

 ferve this thwarting pofition , but the 

 legges alone do move Quincuncially by 

 fingle angles with ^ome reftmblance of 

 an V meafured by fucceffive advance 

 ment from each foot, and the angle of 

 indenture great or leflfe , accord 

 ing to the extent or brevity of the 

 itride. 



Studious Obfervators may difcover 

 more analogies in the orderly book of 



nature. 



