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this and the Paffage into the Lungs, contrary to 

 what we may obferve in Men, in all Quadrupeds 

 and Fowl, that ever I had Opportunity to diife(ft ; 

 for the Membrana pitiiitaria anterior reached to 

 the very Root of the Tongue, below the Oejo- 

 phagiiSy and fo quite llopt the Paffage of the Air 

 into the Mouth. But tho' there be no danger of 

 Meat or Drink falling into the Lungs, yet were 

 they not fufficiently fecur'd from fmall Anirttals 

 creeping in there ; for though, to fupply in fome 

 meafure the want of an Epiglottis^ by leffening 

 the Glottis, there grew to the outfide of the Car- 

 tilages czWdylrytenoides, another capable of mo- 

 tion up and down, by the help of fome Mufcles 

 that were implanted in it, ftrong on both (ides of 

 the Afpera Arteria^ but on the under fide, oppo- 

 lite to that of the Oefophagus, very limber, want- 

 ing about two Inches and a half of coming round 

 the aforefaid Cartilages on the upper fide, or the 

 next to the Oefophagus \ yet did not this Cartilage 

 fo (hut up the way againft them, but that even a 

 Moufe creeping up his Probofcis might get into 

 his Lungs, and fo ftifle him; whence we may 

 guefs at the reafon why the Elephant is afraid of a 

 Motife ; and therefore to avoid this Danger, this 

 Creature (the Elephant^ which this Author de- 

 fcrib'd) was obferv'd always when he flept to 

 keep his Trunk (Probofcis) fo clofe to the Ground 

 that nothing but Air could get in between them , 

 this is a ftrange Sagacity and Providence in this 

 Animal, or elfe an admirable Inftind:. 



Again, 



