tS The Jmtomy of a UOKSE. Chap. 11. 



Side under the Loins ; and thefe are nourifhed with Arte- 

 ries which fpring from the Jorta^ and are more in num- 

 ber than thofe of a Horfe. The abovementioned Author 

 mentions but one Vein from the Cava -, which is contrary 

 to his own Figure of a Mare's Genitals, where there are 

 ^h 0<f * feveral ; but this he ktms to have borrow- 



^ ^" ■ ed from the Anatomy of a Woman, hav- 

 ing probably never examined thofe Parts of a Mare v/ith 

 thatlnduftry the Author has done, from whom he has 

 taken this Figure. 



^, . , The Stones of a Mare are not as thofe 



differ%om^ ^^ ^^^ Horfe, oval and round, but flat like 

 the Stones of ^ Garden-bean : They have their common 

 a Horje. and proper Teguments, and in their inner 



Subftance feveral Ovaria or Egg-beds, 

 which are Receptacles for the Male-Seed. 

 T^e WomB Somewhat forward, and below thefe O- 



^ ° ' varia, is feated the Womb or Matrix, be- 

 tween the Neck df the Bladder and the ftreight Gut, 

 "where it is firmly tied in its Place by two Pair ©f Liga- 

 ments J it is differently fhaped from that of a Woman, be- 

 Its H -m and ^^^ divided by its Cornua or Horns, whofe 

 luhes. hollow round Infertion fecms to compofe 



ks Fundus or Bottom. Out of thefe Horns 

 arife the Tuha or Trumpets, fo called by Fallopius, At 

 their Exit they are very fmall, but in their Progrefs^ grow 

 wider and fomewhat contorted. Towards their Extre- 

 mity they are again contraded into a fmall Orifice or 

 Mouth, with a jagged Membrane all round their Circum- 

 ference, not unlike the Husk of a Rofe. The Ufe of 

 thefe Tubes, is to convey the Seed from the Womb to tl^ 

 Ovaria y where the Impregnation firft begins; and alfo 

 to afford it a Pallage back again to the fame Plaee. 

 Jts SubJIance. "^^^ Subftance of the Womb is flefhy, 



inclofed within two Membranes, which 

 are nervous and fenfible : It has a great number of Blood- 

 veflels from the Hypcgaft ricks, which, after Conception, 

 inlarge it like a Sponge, and fill it with Blood, not only 

 that it may become a proper Bed for the Feet us to lie in, 

 but alfo to fupply it with fufRcient Nourifhment. 

 The Sheath "^^^ Vagina or Sheath, is an Appendage 



to the Womb, being only a Produdtion of its 

 Membranes ; it is that which forms the long Paflage reach- 

 ing from the Pudpida or Privities. On its i^fide are feveral 



Ruga 



