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or COWS, who are natives of Ethiopia, and others of the midland parts of 

 Africa, that are mentioned by many of the ancients, perhaps not without some 

 fabulous additions, though, which is strange, very few of the modern writers 

 take any notice of them.* 



A Demonstral'wn of the llih Proposition of Sir Isaac Newton's Treatise of 

 Quadratures. By Mr. Benj. Robins. N° 397, p- 230. 



This paper may be consulted with more advantage in Mr. Robins's works, 

 collected and published by Dr. Wilson, viz. vol. 2, p. l68. 



Anatomy of the Mus Alpinus or Marmot. By J, Jas. Scheuczer, of Zurich, 

 M. D. F. R. S. N° 397, p. 237. An Abstract from the Latin. 



When Dr. S. opened the abdomen of this animal, a very beautiful retiform 

 omentum, abounding in fat, presented itself. This fat was more firm and com- 

 pact than that which will afterwards be mentioned. It seems that the softer or 

 fluid part had been absorbed during the dormant state of the animal in the 

 winter, thus contributing to the secretion of ihe bile (with which the gall- 

 bladder was quite turgid) as well as to the nourishment of the body. 



On each side of the hypogastric region Dr. S. found a large quantity of fat, of 

 a softer consistence than that of the omentum. It extended from the kidneys 

 to the inguina, forming as it were another, and that a double omentum. This 

 fat, as well as that of the mesentery, accompanies the intestines throughout 

 their whole course, and serves both for lubricating the abdominal viscera, and 

 for supi)lying the body with nourishment. 



The pancreas appeared much wasted ; as did also the other glands of the 

 body, and especially those which are seated among the muscles. This appear- 

 ance of the glandular parts Dr. S. attributes to a deficiency of serum or lymph 

 in the blood of this animal. 



On cutting open the duodenum, a quantity of frothy bile was discovered, 

 which Dr. S. considers as another proof of a deficiency of serum. 



The cornua uteri (for this was a female marmot) were 2 Paris inches in 

 length ; the tubes were about half an inch long, but were scarcely thicker than 

 a thread ; the ovaria were about 2 lines in length, and 1 line in breadth ; they 

 were white ; but when viewed through a microscope, they appeared pellucid, 

 containing prominent transparent ovula. The liver of the marmot is pretty 



* They seem to be the horiis of the bos arnte, or great Indian buflalo. See General Zoology, 

 Vol. ii. p. 400. 



