ted mthe Figme\ tiorwas the true Stomac'k^QA'^^Xt of 
that extenfion as thefe were. The whole length of the Oefo- 
' phaguswzi two Foot 3t Inches ; the length of the pro- 
per t Stcmack^ 5 Inches, lying in a ftraite line with the Gefo- ^ 
^/^^^^//j, but thicker than it, having a remarkable coat 
moreon the infide, eafily diftingnifliable by its colour^ 
fubftance and Pliccsl^ and jetting over the iniSde of the Gul- 
let 3 and in ali refpects as in the V7pen From the Pylorus 
the * Buolm ftraitened again for i i inch i and then for- * vig. 2, 
nied a large || Intejlwe, which afforded a pleafant fight, by \\ c. 
.the weaved I{ugie of it^ inward coati which Gz^^ after 
Ibme imall i windi ig'i^ endedat laft inthe t ^S^^^^, t///^ 
v/hofe capacity was niixh kfs than the former. In the Sto- 
macJ^ and Gut s 1 obfer ved abu n dance of Lumbrici teretes 
jwiiidi is a difeafe Vi])ers like wife arc fubjed to. The 
~ whok length from the Throat to the Jnus^ is but a con- 
tinued D^fei tho oft variouOy diftinguiflit, according 
toNatures different intention in the feveral [pedes of Ani-- 
■ nidsh in nonejisfo plain and Simple , as in the Acus Mari^ 
ms , where you have neither OefophagjLs or Stomack^y but 
only a ftraite paffage, and that too without any valves» on- 
ly growing a little more taper towards the Amis, In other 
Fifli there is no Oefophagus ; in fome but a very fliort one, 
Ixioihtv Animals tis not only long, but by its .Sw&^j- in 
feme places , has acquired different Barnes »^ asthe /«- 
gluvies ^ ox Crdp in Birds 5 the Paurich ox myiKn noihU m 
^adrupeds i and what ufe they do perform, the fame 
I tak e thefe Swellings in the ^ uUet of the P^ctttle Sna^to doe 
likewife, they being convenient r^^^z^^^jr/^j- for retaining 
what Food the Stomack cant yet well receive / and here 
it feems the more requifite,iince they feed but atone time 
of the year, } 
But fince in that, promifcuous food they take in, which 
thev fwallowalways whole,there arc often fome parts unfit 
to bedigefied 5 and therefore to be returned again i the 
Gullet here being very long, and upon that account incom- 
modious for this a£tion , N^3;/-//r^ has provided thefe fwelb^ 
ings' 
