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Orifice^ which would eafily enough admic a Hogs Br iillejanci 
was opeB, and apparent to the naked eye. ThefeO^i^- 
^g'/ were placed fox the moft part alternately, in one Joynt 
on the right fidcj in the following on the left. But fome- 
times I have obfcrved them in more feldom in 3 fucceed- 
ing Joynts of the fame fide v but never in cne joynt more 
theti once. Thefe Orifices ('till fuch timeas I am better 
informed^ I take at prefent for fomany and the 
reafons of this my prefent belief I fhall give inwhati am 
to difcourfe on in my 6th particular. But fince I have 
here mentioned of what length they have been obferved in 
man^ I fliall alfoadd> how long thofe were I have feenin 
Dogs., For the they are to be met with onely in the ^Uii- 
mal Kingdom 5 yet in abundance of the Subjefts of this, 
and thofe too of different they are very frequent 5 
In ¥ijhes» as in the Pike^ Whitings, B leases ^ Crabs, Her- 
zngs, &c. andupon this Score fometimes they prove a great 
damage to the Merchants, as ^ Platerns obferves, they 
being forced to fling them away* In Blea\es in the Sum- 
mer time, if you open thofe that leap and tumble on the 
watery fr<^^ ths torment they feel within 3 youfhillal- 
nrtoftconftantly meet with thlsJVorm which is a thing well 
known to our Watermen. In Oxen often they are obferved 
likewafe, not fo much lu Cahes^ but in Dogs very fre- 
queiitly> which (y) P later us mzkcs to be another fort of 
the 'Tmia> and cal Is it Ligula^ and faith ' ds longitudine pn* 
oribus rej^ondens ?ninimi tamenlatum^ Jed teres Lmnbricorum 
tnfiar> moque duUu fibi fimile y and makes it immobile \ all 
which are miftakes, as I fliall prefentiy fhew. (^) Simon 
'mentions a lap Dog that inailiort time voided 
nine yards of this Worm in feveral pieces. 
tiRave oftentimes here feen them my felf ; but lliall men- 
tion thofe oneiy, I found mdiffeUion-^ as 1 met with the 
(x) Vhitt, Obfei V. Uh, 5. p., 891 . ° =~=-«- — 
(y) PUter* fraxh Tom, 2. c, i 
(2.) Mlfcd* curiof^ German, vol. 4. Obs. 126, 
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