( ^ss ) 
to arlfe from the Sacrum, which did run the whole 
length of tkc Tail; Two on the upper Side, and Two 
on the under fending each a tendon to each Internode 
or Vertehra, So that when the Skin was ftripc off, the 
outward parts of thefe Mufcles feemed to hdiVQ tendimus 
Expanfions over them, the whole Length of the Tail^ 
and aimoft to be covered by them ; which muft needs 
very much contribute, and add Strength to the Tail • 
befidcs what may be the Effed of their Infirtion of Ten 
dons into each Joint] or Vertehra^ in curling and un- 
beodiog the TaiL 
What Vfe this Animal makes of his Tail^ when alive, 
and how advamagioufly 'tis contrived for that Purpofe, 
we have lulBcieotly feen : But \ find it is highly com- 
mended by Hirnandez fc), as an extraordinary Medicine 
and Specifick ; and from him, (everal others relate the 
fame : I ihall give you only his Words, and fo proceed 
on to our Seek ton ; Cauda hujm Animalis (iaith he} egre^ 
ginm e(i Medicament urn ; trita enim drachma mius men* 
Jura, atq; ex aqua aliquoties devorata^ nullo praajftmpto 
alimento eo die quo haurttur^ Vr 'tns meatus mire ahftergit^ 
eadem evocata^ traStifq; lapillis^ & q/^iacmque alia re me- 
atus ohftruente, Vemrem excitat^ generat lac^ ac per- 
fra^is medetur^ & Cholicis, Par turn accelerate Menfe9 
elicit^ extrahi'tq; tufa ,& import a aculeos qui funt infix i^ 
ac ventrem emollit. And concludes, Et fortafts nullum 
extat Medicamentum ad Ijus res omnes per agendas, pr<e^ 
flantius, 
I Tab. 2. To iht Vertehr^e of the Thorax are faftened the Rihs \\^ 
J^^Vt there are Thirteen of each Side. The Seven forc- 
fTioft are more perfeclly articulated with the Sternum ; 
I the Six (licoeeding may be reckoned in fbme Senfe, 
f Co/i^ NothiZ: For th uigh rhey are long, and as they 
i; proceed from the Vertelr^, are if3clioed backwards, ro- 
I wards the hinder Legs; ytt afterwards they arerefledled 
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