PER PULMONES SPIRANf IBUS. 27 



S) So firmly faftencd all along to the bottom of thc Mouth, not to the Palate — , 

 that jt can 't excrt or thrufl its fdf out be|ond tlic vcrge or Limits of thc mouth. 



d„ Thc Tecth are not fallcncd in dininfl foket» or Cells as i« ufual in other Animals, but 

 only by a llrong niembrane or cartilagc , rherc being one comnion furrovv in each 

 Javv, into vvhich thc Extreams ofall of them are recivcd. Thcefe teth are fo fmall 

 and short, that the/ /eem unfit citlter for mallication or fight, but only to detain 

 their Prey tiil fuch time as thcy can conveaientl/ fvvailovv it vvhole. Tjftn, f, j j, 



e) Dt Cetu p. II f. 



§. XXXIV. 



Abfoluta jam naturali , indoda qvidem , dirpofitione PHYSETE^ 

 RUM vel FLATORUM , i. e. Pifcium, qvi pulmonibus gaudent ^ vc- 

 niam me inipetraturum iterum iterumqve confido , qvod plures ab auto- 

 ribus receniitas balznas , vel tanqvam lulpedas aut nondum fatis notas, 

 vel tanqvam plane alienigenas , praeterierim ; multa latent qvz in luce 

 expolita credimus. Interim non defpero , qvin & plura ejusmodi ani- 

 malia , fi vel generc vel fpecie inter le diverfa funt, imo & reliqva, qvs 

 oculos hominum usqve adhuc rubterfugerunt, fi aliqvando in confpedura 

 yenirent, hanc difpofitionem haud diiBcuker iubirent. 



§. XXXV. 



Brcvem effe, inqvk Plinius Lib. j. Ep. (f , qvi facit, qvod infli- 

 tuit ; fic patientia ledoris non aburar , li immorabor reliqva: materiac, 

 qvam Frontifpicio hujus Midus inlcripii fingularia, lcilicct: De dentibus 

 BaUnarum & Elepbantinis ; De Uipide Manati & Jibt/ronis. Qyanto 

 ocyus autem hunc excurrum ablblvere annitar. 



•D 1 l DE 



