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ned whether they hzve my fnotion of thofe parts, which 
is required for drawing in frefh Air in infpiration. But 
fince their life here is to imperceptible and fmall 5 this 
ftock may be fufEcient , the decay being fo little. So the 
Salamandra aquatiea ^ that lives Under water, for Lungs 
has two large Bladders > not unlikely for this Reafon i 
that it might not be forced fo often to raife it felf out of 
the Water to breath in frefli air when the former is fpent 
and decayed. 
In a Viper I lately Difleded^ which remained alive forae 
dales after the SJq^i^ and mod part of the Vifcera were fe- 
parated, I obferved the Lungs d\\ this while not rifing 
and falling^as in Infpiration^ and Expirationy butconftanr^ 
equally extended with j4ir , that as foon as it dyedy it ex^ 
pired^ and they fell. But the 5^0;^^^:/^ was empty, and I 
doubt not was fo feme confiderable time before s as was 
the^ l{attle'Snake*Sy which for 4 Months at leaft had eat- 
ten nothing : fo that although they can live fo long with- 
out Foody yet Nature is mighty provident in fupplying 
them with Air^ in beftowing on them fo hvge l{eceptacles 
for receiving it. So iht Ephemeron^ the StlI(worm and other 
Butterflies^ which all their hfe time, when in that ftate, 
do not eat,or take in any food^ yet have their Bronchite^ or 
Lungs, remarkably larger and numerous , as if they were 
fufEcient alone for maintaining their L^/^^ for if they be 
occluded with Oyl^ or otherwife, they are ftrait fuffocated^ 
and dye convulfed. 
But wee ftiall now take notice of thofe parts that are 
for receiving the Food*^ And firft of the Oefophagus ^ or 
Gula, which ferves for the tranfmiting it into the Jiomack^h 
and indeed this feems the only ufe of this part in moft o- 
ther Animals 5 but here Nature may be thought to intend 
it for fomethiug more , and to make ufe of it upon occa- 
sion as a Stomac\^ or Stomachs too 5 for upon blowmg 
fFi^.i. up this part^ I obferved tv^o h.x%t\ dwellings , as reprefen- 
b Narrant mM ^ qui em Serpent em domi alere folent atque educare 9 amm 
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