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obferved, here fometimes three , fometimes roore> mn 
nmiquam eadem [exangula. 
At prefent I fliall chiefly infift upon the iormer fort^ 
which has occurred moft commonly to me: Andaftiort 
black line here, placed tranrverfe to the body, I think 
wasthefirftthatgave me notice of them; Tho fince in o- 
thers, I have not fo conftantly feenit^ buc onely a pro- 
tuberant Orifice about the middle of the edges of the ^oynts, 
Thefe protuberances by ^Francifcus Sanche^ in the |j figure of y ^.^ 
that part of this Worm^ i6 foot long, which he gives us, 
are plainly reprefentedi but hedoes not defcribe them or 
take any notice of the ofiia^ or Foraminam them. But 
that they are fo many mouths, Ifhallargue, Firft, from 
the great quantity of ^7^& they are often turgid with. Se- 
condly, from the great Appetite^ but more often Tihirjl^ 
but almoft always that Emaciation which they occa(ion. 
Thirdly, that there is no other mouth befides obferved. 
Fourthly, that no ufes cm fo fitly be affigned to thefe 0- 
rifices as ihtkh^mgrnouths. 
As to the firji^ none, who haveobferved them:» but muft 
confefs that they are often \Qvy turgid ; as that I have by 
me eight yards long, at firft did very plainly appear , and 
having put it into Spirit of Wine , 1 found after a little 
while it had muddied it, by fpewing out a large quantity 
of a Chylous jmce^^which made a deep fediment at the bottom: 
as likewife it did a fecond time, having changed the old, 
and put it in frefli Spirits. Whence all this ffipuld iffue , 
I cannot fee. but by thefe Orifices at the fides 5 which firft 
I fuppofed had received, and licked it in. And being 
in fo large a quantity how otherwife could it be well re- 
ceived into the body; but by thtkmzny mouths^ s which, 
being always open, and lying of all fides too, do greedily 
exhaufl^, and devour the beft part of the Chyk> and nutritious 
aa Fr. Sanche'^ de morhis intemis. U 9. c. lA-h M^. - 
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