feems neceflary for the preffing out of the ZJr/W in this Jut- 
mal, which has an unyielding Belly, not capable of Comprejfi- 
on ; nor was the formation of the Heart kfs obfervable : it 
• had three Ventricles communicating with each other by holes 
in the Septum : the Fena Cava had two Branches into two of 
the Ventricles, which likewife received Blood from two Ven<e 
.fulmonares to be tranfmitted to Aorta, i&c. Having been 
already too large, I ftiall pafs by what was obferved of the ex- 
traordinary Strufture of the Lungs, with a Drfcourfe of the 
hungs oi Animals in general, which they reduce to three /i?r/j; 
treating next of Refpiration, together with an Ex- 
nKnfttthl P^^i^^^^f of blowing up the Lungs of a Dog with a 
purpofemade pair of B. //(?uJi 5 buc I ftiall refer, as to the other 
^.^^r.Hook. Particulars in this and the former Anatomical Dif- 
n.Vs. p. 539! co^^fi^'i to Book it felf, very well deferving the 
Perufal of all Perfons curious in Anatomy and Chi- 
rurgery^ containing many ufeful Remarks and natural Difco- 
veries, of which this is but a very imperfeft Account. 
I ftiall fay nothing of the Meafure of the Earth added to the 
end of this Edition, a very full Account having been given of 
it in the Philof. TranfNMmh^ i ix. to which I refer the Reader : 
only the Tranflators thought fit to annex it, the Curioufnefs of 
itsSubjeft, and exceeding Scarcity, being fufficient to recom- 
menc! it to this Learned and Inquifitive Age. 
Confucius Sinarum Philolbphus, jivt Scientia Sinenjts 
Latine expofita , Studio & Opera ^atrum Societatis 
J ESliy &c. MjeSla ejl Tabula Chronologica Sinkit 
MonarchU ah hujus exordio ad h^e ufque tempora. 
THE famed Ch'mefe Philofopher CUM-FU-CU, or as we call him 
Confucius^ being in fo great efteem in his own Nation, and ha- 
ving never yet appeared in an European Drels^ cannot but be grate- 
fully received by the Curious, efpecially fincQ the Verfion is perform- 
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