34- Orang-^Outang five Homo Sjlveflris : Or, 



out beyond the Infertion of the lleon^ Maniis tranfverfie, fen trium digi- 

 torum f^dtium. And DreltMconrt tells us, duamm unciarum ei?. But fince 

 if hath thofe Ligaments of the Colon^ 'tis plain, that 'tis only a part of it, 

 and not a diftinft Inteftine ^ or as Blajitfsmort truly calls it, Pr'mcipmm 

 Coll. He hath given a ^^«re of it, but not very exa6t; and in another 

 Jignre he reprefents the Vahe of the Ileofz at the Colon , or rather Valves 5 

 for he makes more than one. U'ls Defcription, as 'tis faultily printed ; fo 

 I am afraid, it is not very accurately drawn up, and therefore do o- 

 mit it. 



But what is different from a Man^ as alfo from the Ape and Monh^y- 

 too, or any other Animal I yet know of 5 is a fort of Valve I obferved 

 at the other Extream of the Colon in our Pygmie^ where it paffes into the • 

 R-eCtum. For the turn of the Colon here, is very fliort 3 and in the in- 

 fide I obferved a Membranous Extenfion like a Valve^ an Inch in length, 

 wliich divided the Cavity half way. The Rei$um did not mudi differ 

 from the G/t?// in the magnitude of it's /!////<?, but was much the famej, 

 and in other refpeds, as 'tis in a Man. 



This great length of the Intefiines in our Fygmie was orderly colliga- 

 ted aad fafteiied to the Mefenterk, which kept them in a due fituation ^ 

 and fo, as to make in them, feveral windings or convolutions, that 

 liereby they might the better make a diftribution of the Chjle 5 and the 

 whole was, as 'tis in a Man. But I obferved here, the Membranes of the 

 Mefinterie, to be more loofly joyned together, than ufually. For by 

 moving them by my fingers, I found the blood vejfels which were fatten- 

 ed to the vpper Membrane^ would eafily fhove over thofe, that were fixt 

 in tho. under Membrane o^ ihtMefenterie ; and run on either fide of one 

 another, as I would draw them. I have fometimes feen the fame in Hu- 

 mane Bodies. 



The Mefarak Vejfels here , were very mimerous ; as they approach 

 the Inteftines , they form feveral Arches^ whereby they communicate 

 with one another ; and from thefe Arches^ they fend out numerous 

 Branches to the Intejiines of each fide, which runclafping them, after- 

 wards they fubdivide, and inofculate with one another in infinite Ramu- 

 ii': fo that by injecting thefe Vejfels with Mercury^ they appeared fo nu- 

 merous j as almoft wholly to cover the Trunk of the Intejiines. And 

 the fame is in Marrt. » 



I have likewifefeen,by injecting the Me/e«fer/V4?^^/-<" 5 that the Mer^ 

 €ury has paffed into the Lymph^didis ; and fo into the Ven£ or Vafa La- 

 Uea. Which is a great contrivance of Nature. For the Motion of all 

 fluids being Pulfion^ without this advantage, part of the Chyle^ muft ne- 

 ceflarily ftagnate infome of the VelTels , till a frefli diftribution oi Chyle 

 comes, to protrude it on^.andfo it would be apt to coagulate and 



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