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2. The Vermin-kind 3 as the Weefel, the Fitchet^ the 
Polecat, the Martin^ &c. Both thefe kinds have a 
Bone in the Fenis 5 have no Colon or Cmmm ^ fome 
have the A^^endicnla Vermiformis 3 and all are Car?ti^ 
vorous, 
5. The Cat-kind 5 to which may be reduced, befides 
their own Species^ the Lyon^ the IXger, &he Leopard^ the 
the Catamountain^ &c. ' Tis true, the French 
Memoirs for the Hijiory of Animals^ tells US, that a L;'^?^ 
has a G?/^;^ 18 inches long, and an AppendicuU Vermi- 
formis 5 inches 3 and thsit in 3. Ljonefs the Colon was two 
foot, and the C(ecHm two inches long. Now I queftion 
whether we may properly cali this a Colon or no ; For 
thotheG^^ about this place may be more extended than 
in others, yet not having thofe Ligaments whereby the 
Gut is corrugated into Cells, as in a Humane Body, I 
think ftriaiy it does not deferve that name. So in a 
Cm, the Inteftine, at the place of the Colon^ is larger^ 
but, for the fame reafon, iliall not call it a Colon, And 
though a Cat has a fmall Projeftion of the Cut, which 
may be- called a Coscum, becaufe it contains fxces 5 yet, 
fince 'tis fo very (hort, we will not infift on it. 
4. A Boar hath no Colon or Cmnm, 
5. A Mole, vv'hich feeds on Worms and InfeUs, has 
no Colon or Ccecum^ 
In the next place we will confider thofe Animds that 
2iTC not Carnivorous, but live upon Herbs, Fruits, Roots, 
d^c. all which have a Colon, or Cxcum, or both 3 For, 
as to your ^^/erj/, I think it much the fame, whether 
they have either one of thefe only, or both 5 provided 
that the Capacity of the Gut there, be large and ex* 
tended, and do contain f(e.ces, I will ennumerate firQ: 
thofe Animals that have both a Colon and a C(^cum, ■ or 
at leaft a C^?/(?;/. As 
I. The Horfe-kind'^ in which.miy be included the 
Afs, the Mule J &c. which have large Colon and Ctscum. 
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