Phocxna, or the Jmtomy of a Torpefs, 41 
mEufeb. p. 84. doesaffert it to be no fable but a true 
ftory. But (f) J. Gellms makes it to be an Impolhirei' 
x){ Herodotus y^s alfo does (^) Strak. And confiderinff 
the Lubricity of the skin of this fifh, the protuberancy 
of its back, and its undulating not hc)rizontaI motion in 
fwimmingx it dops confirm theinCenfurCj 
Audet in Hijtork ? 
Ho\\fever Severhms in Hs Fhot^a ilkfiratus^ f.mAj. ) 
relates out of Fw. Lo^es <^Hifl. I^dkfi OmeraL c^ap. 51. ) 
thsit Mamtus or fort of Sea-calf was kept in a Lake irt 
HiffmioU that was grown very tame, and did ufo to ca^ 
ry on his back frpmone fide of the Lake tQ the other teit 
boyesatoncc»{-> r; i 1 f ro' ';! "*' - r 
4nfifitk (/) grants tliat Dolphins hear, butfaitliy the7 
haveng£^rjr; Qi) P//j?z>' writes the fame^but-we ratlicr 
concur with Rond^kfius^^ (ly/edifta ex djjfeBione falfa 
appare^ ; meatus enim 'audiendi D^lphmo Imjufmodi 
xompmuMaY>^, :^HdQS ad fo^Qs perc/fmdQ^ jdo/^Ltcffe pop^. 
fuHt. r'Tis true- they have ao Jjdr^ictdAyV^lix^^ though 
y ^they^ would fidvantaffc tlm- hearing, ^yet would injure 
their Iwimming; and the Porns Mditorms. h tmt^.m mu 
n^te and finall, for if larger, the. water .getting into it,^ . 
might lUkewile prove an Inconvenience.' But the ftru- 
"^m.^. ^ureof iheOrganofthe Ear,(?rtheOj ^ Pttrofummth\s. 
Fig. 12. Aiiimal isivery remftykable, and different from airfy that 
I know yet deicribed. 'Tis feated ifl.a large cavity cafthq 
'Cramumj but not lopked' in, by futures or the joyning 
the other Bones, butfaftened chiefly by the intervention 
of Mufcles : 'Tis the hardeil bone in the body, its colour 
White/ its.figure irregujar, and difficult to be defcribed 
(f)j4iGellm Nd^. Jmc. L 16. r. 19, (g ) 5rriffr7.\ 13. 
([) Jrifi. fJrfi.Jmm^ I' l^c, 11. (kj Flinyliijh NaUL i t'^c. 37. 
(I) RG^MdcPifc. l 3. ^c-<'3' f' 5^' 
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