the frequent branchings and checquercf the^/Wt^/?^/f 
there , appeared of a florrid red. This part ta- 
pers proportionably to the Body \ the lon eftpart of it 
near the Heart moderately blown , was in compafs 5 \ 
Inches s a little lower , for fhe fpaceof 4 Inches, the 
C^///gradually difappeared 5 fo that they feemed atlaft to 
form only a reticular compages of valvules conniventes on the 
infideof the membrane oixht Lu7igs s and the compafs of 
the greateft place here was about 6 \ Inches ; but from 
thence to the end of the Lungs was only a large Bladder * 
without any 5 cOmpofed of a thin 5 but ftrong tranf- 
parent membrane ^ the compafs of w^hich blown as the 
former was 8 "I Inches. 
The Lungs of the Sdlamandra Aquatica^ and fome 0- 
ther Animals » are only two Urge bladders, IntheFr^g, 
Crocodile &c. are two large ^^^j- , filled with membranous 
vejiciih ot Cells. Owv l^attk- Snake ^ and all that f^;»//)^^ 
tho they have but one lobe of Lungs y yet in that they 
comprife the 2 former Sorts 5 the forepart being filled 
wdth numerous Veficulce 5 thelater an entire large bladder. 
In the land'Tortois there are two lobes^ one on each 
fide s but thefe are fubdivided into feveral others, accor- 
ding to the partitions of the 2{ibs that are fixed to the 
/fjells and they ly chiefly in the belly , that is, the low- 
er part of the body. But what ( would remark is , that 
where the firft enter thefe fubdivifions *cis m?- 
culous i then they form a large cavity : fothatin theft 
nimals ^ where the of /(g/^w/^^'^?;? is not fo frequent ^ 
2Vi^^2^r^ provides a fufEcientftore-houfe for this('fo neceffa- 
ry a Tabulumvitce) in thefe larger bladders, whence tis 
difpenced according to the exigency of the Oeconomia A" 
nimalis^ For thtTor tois^ Viper ^ l^attle-fnake^ Frogs ^ Toads 
&c. which deep a great part of the year 5 as before they 
betake themfelves to this repofcj they take in their ftore 
of Food; fo perhaps that of too^ a more conftantly 
requifite fupply of Life. For when thus ftupidly ajleep ^ 
and fometimes to all appearance l^ead$ it may be queftion- 
