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with ^CcecHm at the upper end of it.or fomewhat equivo- 
lex-xt, which conveys the Food, by a long and large pro- 
greft, from the Ston^ach downwards, in order to a flower 
paff age, and longer ftay in the Intertines : But in Dogs, 
of feveral kinds, and I fuppofe, in Foxes, Wolves, and 
divers other Animals which are Carnivorous, fuch Co- 
Ion is wanting ^ and, inftead thereof, a more (hort and 
flender gut, and quicker paffage through the Inteftines. 
That which I would propofe hereupon is, that you 
would pleafe to confider, as your leifure and opportu- 
nity permit, v/hether it do generally hold, or how far 
forth, that Animals which are not Carnivorous, have 
fuch Colon^ or fomewhat eqvivalent 5 and, that thofe 
which are Carnivorous have it not. For if fo, it feems 
to be a great Indication, that Nature, v/hich may be 
reafonably prefum'd to adapt the Inteftines- to the dif- 
ferent forts of aliments that arc to -pa fs through them, 
doth accordingly inform us, to w^hat Animals Flefh is 
proper aliment, and to what it is not 5 antf that from 
thence we may judge more folidly, than from the ftr'a- 
fture of the Teeth only, v/herher or no Flefh^ were de^ 
%ned as proper food for Man. 
Now it is well known, that in Afc;/, and, I prefumej 
in the Ape, Monkey, Baboon, &c. fuch Colm is very 
remarkable ^ and the. like in your ingenious and accurate 
diflediion of your Homo Syhejlrk^ \ybich may therefore 
be thence conjectured, not to belong naturaHy^to the 
Carnivorous Tribes, if that rule hold. 'Vis true, that 
the C(ecum in Man fs very fmall, and feems to be of lit- 
tle or no ufe; Bat in a Fcel:Hs^ it is in proportion much 
larger than in perfons adult. And it's poflible, that 
our Cuftomary change of Dyet, as we grow up, from 
v/hat originally would be more natural, may occafion 
its (hrinking into this eontrafted pofture. 
But I add this alfo, that M^/^'s being indud with 
JRe^yj?/?, doth fupply the want of many things, which. 
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