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der Water, there is not fo much Air required as 

 is when they are above, the Blood then moving 

 but gently, as doth that of the Feetus in the 

 Womb. 



Farther, in reference to Refpiration, it is oh- 

 ferv'd by the Parifian Academifts, that fome am- 

 phibious Quadrupeds, particularly the Sea-Calf 

 or Sealj hath his Epiglottis extraordinarily large 

 in»proportion to other Animals, it extending half 

 an Inch in length beyond the Glottis^ to cover it. 

 I believe the Beaver hath the like Epiglottis^ ex- 

 aftly clofing the Larynx or Glottis^ and hindring 

 all Influx of Water -, becaufe in one difTecSed by 

 WepferuSy that fuiFocated itfelf in the Water, 

 there v^as not a Drop of Water found in the 

 Lungs ', it is probable (fay they) that this is done 

 more exacftly to clofe the Entrance of the Afpera 

 Arteriay or Windpipe, when the Animal eats his 

 Prey at the bottom of the Sea, and to hinder the 

 Water from running into his Lungs. An Ele- 

 phant (as is obferv'd by Dr. Moulins^ I think, in 

 the Anatomy of that Creature) hath no Epiglottis 

 at all', there being no danger of any thing falling 

 into their Lungs from eating or drinking, feeing 

 there is no Communication between the Oefopha- 

 gus and it j for he thus defcribes the Oejophagus or 

 Gullet : The Tongue of this Creature (faith he) 

 had this peculiar in it, that the PafTage to the 

 Ventricle was thro' it, for there was a Hole near 

 the Root of it, and exadtly in the middle of that 

 Part, which Hole was the beginning of the Oejo- 

 phagus ; there was no Communication between 



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