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where we fliall find more Matter to excite our Admira- 
tion, and pleale our Curiofity. 
The Ahdomen or Belly was divided from the Thorax 
or Breads by a large, ftrong, flcftiy Diaphragm^ for (as 
we (hall oblerve in the Sceleton) the Thorax near the 
Throat was f'mall ; then gradually , as it defcendeth, it en- 
larges its Capacity ; (o that here, where the Diaphragm 
was faftened, its Compafs was very great and Jarge; 
which might be rendred fo the more, by rcafon it otten 
hangs by its Tail; and when it dees (b, the Vifiera in 
the Abdomen can't but prefs upon it. But that they 
might not too much, to the Injury of the Animal; we 
iliall fee what Provifion Naiure has made for it, by her 
great Contrivance in fufpendingthe Inteflhes, 
But we mult obferve and defcribe the t Stomach, or fxab. 
Ventricle^ which was Rated under the Diaphragm^ having % i- 
part of the Liver lying over it ; its Figure fomewhat re- 
(tmbling the ufual make, inclining to that of an Half 
Moon I as appeared by that Hairy \\ Tophus we afcer- 1| t'^^^. 2 
v.ards took out of ir. But what was moft remarkable 
v^^as, the Scrudure and Pofition of the Two Orifices^ 
{viz. that of the Gula, that leads into it, and the Pjlo^ Tab. 
rus t, that fends out) for they were both placed fo near ^^^^^-j^ 
one another, that they feemed to touch or meet ; and 
when I opened the Stomachy I found only a very flender 
Ijlhmus, ox Wall, parted them. Thefe Orz/w were not 
at the Extreams of iliQ Stomach, as ufiialiy but inferred 
almoft in the Middle of the upward Part, but more in- 
clining towards that, that refpeds the || Duodenum. The|| 
pouching or bagging j' out at both Extreams, made it^p p 
fomewhat refemble ( as I faid ) an Half Moon. The 
Stomach appeared but fmall, being much contrac9"ed, 
for it had not eaten any thing for (bme Days; itinea- 
fured about Three Inches and an Half in length, and 
about 
