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li longer, and a little curved. The Fihula \\, or Minm Fa- 
cile, was about the farrje Length, ftraighter and fleoder- 
er : 'this, towards the Foot^ was arnculatcd to the Os 
Cakis ; as ?he Tilia was ro to the Talm^ or Ajhagalm ; 
"f- x, x. and thefe Two Bot^es I make the Jar/us *; and joining 
t to them, were the Bones of the Metatar/us -f ; and to thele 
11 the Fhalar/ges \\ of the Fingers or 7c?i?j. In the innermoft, 
or the Thuml^ there were only Two Articult^ or Bones ^ 
in the otiicr Four or Digiti^ in each there were 
Three ArticuH, or y^^/^/y. The End of the Ihnmh was 
more flatted^ than the Ends of the other Toes : For the 
Thtmh^ as f have obfervcd, had a flat Nail^ like a 
Thumb ; in the others, the Nails were long, and 
curved, l obfervcd likewife, at the Articulation oi each 
Joint of the Toes, on the under Side, tliere were Tw^o 
imali Banes, that are called, O^/i SefamoUea^ and thefe, 
both in me /^i^rd» and Hinder Feet. 
f am fenfible how tedious I have been, in the Defcrip- 
ti&H of this Animal, and from a Obfervation 
too. Had I had more Leafure ta have drawn ic up in, 
I might have been much fliorter. But it being an Ani^ 
waU fo very remarkabie and one too, jm Generis^ or a 
diftiad: Species from ali others^ I was the more inclined ta 
be as parncular as I could, though not fo much as I could 
have wiflied. And \ am the more confirmed in what I 
have formerly wiflied (wvo) that for the perfecting a Na- 
tural Mifiory of Animals, we had a diftintl Account and 
Anatomy o{ fome Onedi a S pedes \ which, with a litile 
Variation, might ferve for all of thd^t Family : fince I find 
fo great a Maflpr of Natural Hiftory, as Mr. Ray (sx), 
is of the fame Opinion. 
In my Prelimhiary Difcourfe concernmg Anatomy^ and a Natural* Hijlor]^ 
sf Ammah^ before my ?\\ocxm, Synopfis Animal. 224. 
Since 
