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ble of Extenfion, and readily enough would admit my 
. Finger, which ied into the Cavity of the Abdomen or 
Belly it felf ; and not into any Bag, or the Vterus, or 
any other Part. Bejides^ in the Abdomen I tound a 
Quantity of Water, which I could not but think was let 
in this Way. So that if upon Obfervation at any time, 
there fliould be found loole in the Cavity of the BeUy of 
this Fifti, a Tomg one ; there would be no Reafon to 
-miftrufi: the Relacioo, fince here are Two Doors to Jet 
them in and out. ' 
^'Uan(mm) relates the fame Story of the Dog fijh ; 
his Words, as they are tranflated by P. Gillius^ a e the e; 
Si quis eorum (fpcaking of tiie Young Ones) ttmeat^ in- 
greditur rurfm.per Genitalia in Vent rem M^itris ; ubi ti- 
mor abierit, is prodit tanquam rurfus editus. And in the 
preceding Chapter he ttlls the fame (as our Poet does) cf 
thtGlaucus: And that Paflage of Zeza, as 'tis quoted, 
by the Learned Conrad. Ritterjhufius (nn^) is very exprels ; 
TAcLuKo^y worn, yzAiog^ ^ctAci^ioi i^^ui^ im^yjifjAvii 
rsf s'G,ucc1i avyzpv^Qi; o hAcov'^) ^^v^9t rcwlct, '7rDL/\iv tt? 
VY§^]\ Tccti 7nk\iv rpjlcs. yivm ^iZn 7m^i/\^vl@>^, Nay, 
Ariflottle{oo) himfilf acknou ledges the fame thing of the 
Galeus^ v/hich is of the Dog Kind : ^Oi jjav Sv a/^'.oi^yx.- 
pivcif^ ii^ii v^^^i. Which Jul Caf -Scaliger thus tranflatcs, 
C^terum Muflelorum genera & emittunt ^ admittunt in* 
tra fe Catulos ; item Squat in (e & Tor pe dines. And the 
like he (/>/>) affirms of the Dolphin and Porpois : K/ 
M}{^v1ai''^7ii -Azvcc fjufi^x ovict. But after all, if what is 
thus related of ihefe Fi/hes (hould prove bur a vulgar 
(mm) Hift. Animal. /. i. c, i3. (nti) Comment, in lib. i. Halieut. p. m. ■ 
214. (00) Hifl. Animal lib, 6. cap, 8. p. 6yj: Q>p) Hifl. Animal, lib, 6, 
cap. 10. p. m, 682. 
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