Phoc^ena^ or the Anatomy of a Torfefs. ^ 
* r^.k u ^^^^^ (lemum was placed the Thymm, whicli -was 
f;^.2,<:. a large Conglomerated Glandule. Weobferved likewife 
the QUndttU MaxtlUres ^ QlmitiU Thyroidea and fome 
others. At the root of the tongue there were levera! 
Takx. fiTiali II /d'r^w;>2/j- which we liippofed to be thf OflU of 
ig. 5. aa, f^ii^atory DiiBrn'^s \ We could probe them with a briftle. 
But where xk^ducltis fdivdis of the Maxillary Giand was 
inferted, eitherourinadvertency or want of leifure made 
us negleftto examine. 
The RtBtis of tht Mouth is but finall, yet the paflTaffC 
into the G///.as pretty large and open. The Teeth lb 
placed that thofe of one Jaw are received into the di- 
ftancesof the other. There are twenty four of each fide 
either Maxilii^ ninety fix in all. They are but linall, and al! 
of the fame form^ fbmewhat acute. Wherefore (^) 7V>^ 
fion is miftaken who laitli, they have dentes dt/^fos^Ho- 
mints rnoUribus fimiles. 1 heie teeth are fomeU'hat move- 
able as is obfcrved by Da^. Major ^ fince they are not 
fafi:ened in diftinft lockets or Cells as is ufual in other 
Animals, but only by a ftrong membrane or Cartilage^ 
there being one common furrow in eacli Jaw into M^hich 
tlieExtreams of all of them are received : The/e teeth 
are fofmalland fliort that they feem unfit either for ma- 
flication or fight, but only to detain their Prey till fuch 
time as they can conveniently fwallow it uiiole. (r) /^/p;?- 
de/^-tius docs obferve that in fi flics that do luck, the teeth 
areatfirfl:lbft and covered, that they might not injure the 
Breafl:. But Nature here does fecm farther provident, 
in that jufi: before it has left a fpace void of teeth, and 
the neighbouring teeth that are next it arc alio Ihorter 
than the refl:. 
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