?hocxni^ or the Anatomy of afor^efs. 
fbmewhat deprefTed there were inferted two large and 
tliick Mu(cles tlut ran towards the MaxilU. Thefe pro- 
bably by contrading may ferveto draw the StermmM^- 
wards, as the Mufculi recti which are inferted into the 
bones of the Sttrmm^ downwards, and fo promote Re- 
fpirarion ; which likewife is farthered bv thole other 
Mu(cles,whiclr are alio common with this fifh andotlier 
Quadrupeds that are deftined to that o;^ ce, and cliiefly 
by the 
* * Diaphragme, which in this Animal was very remarka- * /• 
bfe ; for it had no Jpo^mrofts or Membranous tendon in 
the middle, but was mufcular throughout. It was {2,' 
Gientdtothc Sternfpn.tht Cartilages and the other Ribs 
dbwnwards. It had a deep hollow in the middle, as it 
were pulled into the Thorax, wliich was occaTioned by 
having the Pey/uri/»w fattened to it wliich did draw k 
in. The Tendons of this Mufcle were very curious : 
for befides thofe large ones that did run down by the 
Spine, there werefeveralAfr/?//?/^/; of other tendons, that 
went ovtx the Mufiuhs PJbas^ and even in the middle or 
body of the Diaphragme there did appear abundance of 
tendons running over the mufcular fibres, as where the 
Fep^a Cava perforates it, and in other places, though not 
very regularly or in any let order, but more confufedly. 
Theie tendons speared of both fides the Diaphragme. 
Dan. Major mentioneth a Medufiimm but wc could 
oWervenone, but it was fupplyed by the joyning of the 
Pericardium to the Sternum ; Was fattened alfo to the 
Diaphragme as in men, and did draw it upwards. The 
Per/V^r^//2y?w was very large ; \Vhat water was in it I do 
not well remember; Bartholine obfervedit to be cruen- 
tous, w^hich I fuppofe was from the dilTefilion; 
The t He^trt was long, of a triangular figure j abo?it^ y^^. 2^ 
four Inches from the bafis to the Cone, and as many at Fi^.d. ' 
thelargeftpapt of the bafis, about an Inch and i thick. 
It 
