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fum, fonicum edat, oec cavum camen, fed cavernofum,ex fi- 

 brillis offeis ardiffime jundis,& implicicis > exigua formans incer- 

 flicia,ex quibus poft plurimos eciam annos , adaflo culcro, me- 

 dulte (pecie clarifTima ac pellucida pinguedo fundicur. Paricer 

 uc cx terrcftrium animalium ofTibus fac magnam ejus copiam in 

 medicullio fupcrefTe deprehendimus , qu^ , nifi probe excofta 

 finc, per poros cransfudac. 



V. Lamin^e vero offea^, quibus hoc medicullium ucrinquc 

 ©bcegcbatur, reliquorum animalium fimilcs, & quales offium ex- 

 ternas laminas in univerfum defcripficC%^a«H<:2T;^ri, ex fibris ia 

 longicudinem porre£lis confl:abanc & coiore , & cadu , & cancum 

 non fubfl:ancia ligneas prorfiis referebanc, inccrna prctfercim fa- 

 cie , cxcerne tamen nihil apparebac iftiusmodi ; crac enim cocus hic 

 gladius cucc feu pocius membrana obce6tus,afperiufcuIa,quaIis 

 lingua canum taftu dcprehendicur, colore cinereo. 



Vr. Sub illo enfiformi proceflu proxime Oris Hiafus, Afa- 

 xiUa cum inferiori,cum fuperiori laciffime ab invicem receden- 

 ce,inferiore aucem non roftrata, uca Jonftone pingicur ,fed re- 

 tra£la & criangularis,ut aGefnero,& in figura a me depi(fla (Fig. - - ) 

 apparet ,in angulum non admodum acucum formabacur : Denies 

 nulli comparebanc, fcd eorum loco ucrinque carcilagines quinque 

 velfex, afpericacibus quibusdam eminencibus inftrud^ » & carne, 

 veluci gingivis veftic^, inftarfuniculorum cenf^,&ad radicem 

 LingU£ terminacae, qu2e,ut in pifcibus folec, inmobilis, & oris 

 parci infcriori adnaca erac. In his irreciri opus erac pra^dam , &, 

 quibus vefciconfueverac,pifcicuIos,nerecrocedere& ex ore rur- 

 fum clabi poflenc. . 



VII. Poft maxillas Brancbi£ in cocum quacuor ucrinquer 

 quarum unaqu^que quadruplici tubulorum ordiiie gaudebac. 

 In ceceris aliorum pifcium per omnia fimilis : lamina ofiea con- 

 teftae, qu^ ex quacuor conftabac parcibus, pr^cipua & mulco 

 rcliquas fuperans , poftica &fuperior erac,in qua fibr^ oflTca^ ex 

 fupremo craffisfimoquc offis capice , fub oculo, veluci e cen- 

 tro radii in orbem procurrebant, trcs reliqu^ partes parv^, ar- 

 Cm$. l & IL ^pfend. (P) 6te 



