8 The Anatomy of a HOKSE. Chap. II. 



Animals fpread all over them : tho' in a Horfe it is often 

 ften to he forward in Wrinkles, which may be occafion'd 

 by his violent Labour. It is in figure like a ."urfe-Net be- 

 wg double, arid open at top, but knit together towards the 

 bottom : It adheres to the lower Part of the Stomach, and 

 likewife to the Spleen, and hollow Side of the Liver Bv 

 Its underf.de it is faften'd to that Part of the Gut hhl 

 wh,c., Iks under the Stomach lengthways, and hkewife to 

 the Sweetbread, and beginning of the fmall Guts. 

 /// U/f. , ^5 *e Caul has plenty of Fat, it not on- 



ly ferves to keep the bottom of the Sto- 

 mach, atid moil of the Guts moift, but alfo to cheri/h 

 them with us Warmth : And befides this, it has likewife 

 '/™Ufe, i«z. to fuftain 3 vaft Number of Branches 

 of VelTels which pafs between its Membranes to the Sto- 

 mach, Spleen, and Guts, &c. 



§.III. O/t&e Gullet, Stomach, Guts, and m/entery. 

 Vie Gul/et. , Tho' all the Gulkt be not contain'd in 



t« ,1,. Q^ ^r^ ^Tt' ^^"^' y" ^^ 'f '' ^" Appendage 

 to the Stomach, and the Funnel thro' which every thine 

 pafles mto ,t; a Defcription of it cannot be fo proper any 

 where elfe, as m this Place. ^ ^ 



It is hollow and round, beginning at the Root of the 



JnXh ^ -^ '^^^T^ °^ the Windpipe, under which 

 It pafleth, turning a little to the Right, to give way to the 



\h^'xtult-f''T- r''"'"8 '° "'^^Left, it paflis 

 i^ leftSde " ' '" '"^° ^^^ ^^omv^di towards 



.n ^^l^""?*^' of three Coats, or Cafes ; the outermoil feems 

 to come from Xh^Phnra, &c. the middlemoit is mufcuk 

 and thick, confift,Dg of two Ranks of flefhy Fibres, af- 

 cendmg and defccndiiig obliquely crofs one another ■ The 

 wnermoft is membranous, with ftreight Fibres only; its 

 Vems communicate with thofe on the Brealt and Neck. 

 /// refcls. f ^° =i"o "s Arteries. At its beginning it 



„,r,„ , IVT -A '"? '"■^'= *^'''"* °f Kernels, which fe- 

 Faiiage of the Llood, fcrV. Where it is inferted into the 

 Stomach, It IS compofed of a pretty thick Subftance made 

 X .v"^""''^*"'y *^*^'=^' ^''^^^^y itcontraarand 

 Stomach at pleaiure. This is call'd the left, or upper 



Orifice 



