Part L in the Ckv, ATio-^. 157 



Neck, for the exceflive Weight of his Head and 

 Teeth, which to a long Neck would have been 

 infupportable, but is provided with a Trunk, 

 wherewith, as with a Hand, he takes up his Food 

 and Drink, and brings it to his Mouth. I lay, 

 the Necks of Birds and Quadrupeds are com- 

 menfurate to their Legs, fo that they which have 

 'long Legs have long Necks, and they that have 

 (liort Legs, fhort ones, as is feen in the Crocodile^ 

 and all Lizards ; and thofe that have no Legs, as 

 they do not want Necks, fo neither have they 

 any, as Pipes, This Equality between the Length 

 of the Legs and Neck, is efpecially ktn in Beafts 

 that feed conftantly upon Grafs, whofe Necks 

 and Legs are always very near equal ; very near, 

 I fay, becaufe the Neck muft neceflarily have 

 fome Advantage, in that it cannot hang perpen- 

 dicularly down, but muft incline a little; more- 

 over, becaufe this Sort of Creatures muft needs 

 hold their Heads down in an inclining Pofture 

 for a confiderable time together, which would 

 be very laborious and painful for the Mufcles, 

 therefore on each fide the Ridge of the Vertebres 

 of the Neck Nature hath placed an STcy^'p^jnc, 

 or nervous Ligament, of a great thicknefs and 

 ftrength, apt to ftretch, and (brink again, as need 

 rec^ires, and void of Senfe, extending from the 

 Head ( to which, and the next Vertebres of the 

 Neck, it is faften'd at that end) to the middle 

 Vertebres of the Back (to which it is knit at the 

 other) to aflift them to fupport the Head in that 

 Pofture ; which Apmeurojis is taken notice of by 



the 



