150 Palate, &c. [Book IX. 



confider it as a mufcular bag, forming the upper part 

 of the alimentary canal. There are alfo feveral muf- 

 cles belonging to the palate and uvula, of which the 

 limits of this work do not permit the fpecification. I 

 ihall at prefent alfo pafs over the mufcles of the la- 

 rynx, as a better opportunity will occur of compre- 

 hending them under the defcription of the parts ta 

 which they belong. The fame obfervation is appli- 

 cable to the mufcles of the ear. 



