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defigned purpofely to retain the Milk, that it 

 fhould not flow out of it felf, but eafily be drawn 

 out by PrelTure and Sudion ; or to affirm that 

 this fell out accidentally, than which there could 

 not have been a more ingenious Contrivance for 

 the Ufe to which it is employed, invented by the 

 Wit of Man? 



To this Head of the Fitnefs of the Parts of 

 the Body to the Creature's Nature, and Manner 

 of Living, belongs that Obfervation oi Arijiotle^ 

 i:Sov opviQoev QdoL /Lch yji}Ji-\(jcvo')^aL aatpKOCpxyx ircivra. 

 Such Birds as have" crooked Beaks and Talons, 

 are all Carnivorous; and fo of Quadrupeds, 

 aap^ccpo^ovTct, Caniivora omnia. All that have 

 Serrate Teeth, are Carnivorous, This Obferva-. 

 tion holds true concerning all European Birds ; 

 but I know not but that Parrots may be an Ex- 

 ception to it. Yet it is remarkable, that fuch 

 Birds as are Carnivorous have no Gizzard, or 

 Mufculous, but a Membranous Stomach, , that 

 Kind of Food needing no fuch Grinding, or Com- 

 minution as Seeds do, but being torn into Strings, 

 orfmall Flakes, by the Beak, may be eafily con- 

 coded by a Membranous Stomach. 



To the Fitnefs of all the Parts and Members 

 of Animals, to their refpedive Ufes, may alfo 

 be referred another Obfervation of the fame 

 Arijiotle^ Udvra. rd ?««, apriai; i^n TrS'a;. All 

 Animals have even Feet, not more on one Side 

 than another; which, if they had, would ei- 

 ther hinder their walking, or hang by not on- 

 ly ufelefs, but alfo burthenfome. For though 

 a Creature might make a limping Shift to hop, 



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