120 EXAMINATION OF 



number of fows, and other animals, he could 

 never difcover the egg, which Malpighius af- 

 firms he once or twice found. 



Under thefe glandulous bodies, the veficles of 

 the ovarium appeared. They were more or lefs 

 numerous, according as the glandulous bodies 

 were larger or fmaller ; for, in proportion to the 

 largenefs of the glandulous bodies, the veficles 

 diminiflied. Some veficles were of the fize of a 

 lentil, and others exceeded not that of a millet 

 feed. In the teiticles, when raw, from 20 to 

 '^5 veficles might be reckoned ; but, when boiled, 

 a much greater number appear, and they are fo 

 firmly attached, that they cannot be feparated 

 without breaking lome of them. 



Having examined the tefticles of a young fow, 

 which had never brought forth, he found, as in 

 the others, the glandulous bodies ; and their tri- 

 angular cavities were likew.ie filled with lymph; 

 but he coukl not difcover any eggs either in the 

 one or the other. The veficles of this young 

 fow were more numerous than in thofe which had 

 brought forth, or thofe which were impregnated 

 at the time of examination. In the tefticies of 

 another fow, which was far advanced in preg- 

 jiancy, Valifnieri found two of the largeft glan- 

 dulous bodies, which were flaccid and empty, and 

 ethers, ci a leifer fize, in their ordinary liate ; 

 and, in feveral others which he difledced when 

 ivilh young, he remarked, that the number of 

 glandulous bodies was always greater than the 



number 



