c 40 ; 
But we (hall now come to the Organs of Generation : 
and I find thncharas is as unhappy in the Defcription 
of fome of them, as he was in his conjedure about that 
partj we call the Scent-bag^, We fhall begin with that^ 
wherein the Seed is fir ft luade:» the Tefles, which are ve« * pig^ 
ry unproportionate in length > the j^^^fe being 2 i inches 
long, the Left: but i ^ inch long , (carce fo big in compafs 
as a Goofe-quilL The unequal length of this pare Charas 
takes notice off in Vipers, 1 fhall add^ that the Ovarium 
of the Female Viper is the fame s for that of one fide was 
as big again as the other. The colour of the Teftesw2LS 
white, as is ufual , and fo was their Subftance. I did 
take notice of t he Vafa prieparantia ^ which had nothing 
uncommon: But the \ Defer entia were remarkable; for ± jj 
tho they did run in a ftrait linealmoft from the 7'ejies to 
ihtPenis^ and did form no large body , ye t^ this DuBus 
was fo often involvgd^ that were it unravei»G ancl e^tten- 
ded it's whole length, 'twould be twice as long : which 
made me thinks that it was only the extention of the 
Epidydymts , for the whole Tejlis is but a Cengeries of cu- 
rioufly convoluted Vejfels which terminate in the Epidy^ 
whole continuation makes the Deferens: and 
where irs convolutions are many upon the Body of the 
Tefiis itfelf^ there the Deferens is an even DiMus > but 
as in our fubjed it making no fuch body there > or but a 
very fraallonej. in its paflage downwards it was every 
where crimpkd > and about the middle of the Kidneys of- 
ten convoluted^ which is reprefented in our Figures. 
Where they emptied themfelves I could not fo well 
obferve* va little Snak^\ Since the parts which I had 
laid out for making the iS^fe/w^ foon dryed before 1 had 
an opportunity of nicely examining them» Butfince upon 
the diikdion ofa Viper I found that they t were continu- | p/^ 
ed along the Pm/i fingle ^ where theP^w^ wasfo ; and 
afterwards divided^ and did run to the end of each. Nor 
were the ce zxiyvefcicuU feminales oiProJiates here to re- 
*ceive them \ and a reafon for it I ftiail alledge when I 
have 
