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the Urethra^, or that Paffage or Pipe which conveys the ^F/^. 2. 
T.Jrine from the Bladder^ and are much of the fame 
Length with that of the Vrethra^ which was about an 
Inch. Their Capacity was about the Bignefs of a Wheat- 
Straw. Both theft Vagina and Urethra too. emptied 
themfelves into a Common Pajfage\\^ or Canaits, which [i/c, 
was as large as all the other Three ; and about an Inch and 
half long ; it looked Redifli, by means of the numerous 
Blood-Fejjels it enjoyed, and at laft had its Exit fo near 
the Fundament^ that when alive, there was not obferved 
any other Foramen outwardly, but that which led into 
the Reffum. But when I came to diffeft it, by elevating 
the Skin here, which feemed to cover it, like a J^alve ; 
I obferved the Foramen that led into this Common Fajjage^ 
and putting a Blow-pipe into it, at the fame time, by In- 
flation I extended xh^ Bladder oiVrine^ and the Uterine 
Parts too,* "viz. The ragin£, thQ ZJteri^ and the Cornua. 
So that in the Skin here, there was only one Foramen f t t^^- * 
for thQ Esit of the F^ces, and the Vrine and the F£tus ^ 
too. 
1 have had no Opportunity of difleding a Male Pof- 
fum ; and indeed, of none other but this Jingle Subjeft : 
For had I, I might have been more exaft in Ibme Parti- 
culars ; nor is it almoft poffible, to obferve all in One. 
The Account they give of the Male, is but very im- 
perfed: and fliort : Mas Fsmince per omnia fimilis, bene 
tejiiculatusy faith Margrave (^a) In Bur fa pendulos Teffes^ 
more Gati, gerens. And much the ftm^i, laith Pifo h\ 
Mas F£mell£ plank fimilis, in Burfa pendulos^ more Gatiy 
tejiiculos fert : But adds, Et quod not atu dignum^ Manti' 
cam (licet a F£mell£ diverfam^ halet qua alternatis vi- 
cihui Catulos quo que circumfert, I could wilh he had gi- 
ven us, wherein 'twas different ; and what kind of Penis 
the Male had. 
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