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some sliort, barely for going ; some long to supply the 

 place of a hand ; some armed with long and strong 

 talons to catch hold and tear the prey j and some 

 fenced only with short nails to confirm the steps in 

 running and walking. 



II. 1. As the posture of man's body is the fittest for 

 a rational animal, so is the prone posture of beasts, 

 the most useful to themselves, and the most fit for the 

 service they perform to man. 



2. But there is a wonderful agreement between the 

 bodies of men and beasts, not only with regard to the 

 structure, but also the use of the several parts. How 

 they differ, will be mentioned hereafter. 



3. The brain in them is of nearly the same structure 

 and consistence as in man, and undoubtedly performs 

 the same office, secreting the animal spirits (if such 

 there be) in order to sensation and muscular motion in 

 etery part of the body. The cerebellum is nearly of 

 the same shape in all ; but the shape of the brain ne 

 ccssarily varies according to that of the head, 



it is remarkable that in man the head is of one singlo 

 form ; whereas in the four-footed race it is as various 

 as their species. It is in some square and large, suit* 

 able to their food, abode, arid slow motion : in others, 

 it is small, slender, and sharp, agreeable to their 

 swifter motion, or to make way to their food or habu 

 tation under ground. And as to the brain contained 

 therein, how small is it in beasts in proportion to 

 what it is in man ! Another thing no less remarkable 

 is, the situation of the brain and the cerebellum. Ai 

 God has given to man a lofty countenance, and has 

 lodged in his brain an immortal soul, to behold and 

 contemplate heavenly things, so as his face is erect, his 

 brain is set in a higher place., above tne cerebellum and 



dangerous leaps, has the joints of the legs remarkably stiff and 

 strong; likewise the hoof is hollow underneath, and iti edgeg 

 sharp, 



