Pkocaerta, orthe jnatojnj of a forpefs, 
dance of Imall - Glands fbmewliat diftinft and feparate 
from one another. Several bloud-VelTels did run to 
them ; and genepally I may fay of the whole Body^ there 
is Icarce any Animal in which the Veins and Arteries are 
more curioufly branched or more numerous than in this. - 
frJ. I. For on ^\t\Mufculm Pfo.ts their Ramifications were fa- 
f a. H. many and large, and their Anafiomofa into one another In- 
frequent, tliat they formed a curious Net work, and af*. 
forded a very pleafant fight. And no left Curiofity we^ 
oWerved in the bloud it lelf, by examining a finallpartof 
it with a good Microfcope : for after it was a little 
dryed on the objeft plate which was of .Glafs, we found i 
thatit lmdfhooted into amoft dehcate regular> figure,; 
being reticular like the texture of the Omentum ; only 
that Irom the fides of the ieveral^re^V, there were fome,;. 
imall bFa:nches or fhootings of fibres tlut were not con- . 
tinuedi 
We" come now to the mUMe Vwter or; the ThoraxfTt 
which was large and capacious, covered -with Mufcles 
almoft as in Quadrupeds, Iiaving^ two large Peroral . 
Mufcles that went to the for.e*Fins, as likewife feveral 
other Mulcles that did ferve for the performing its va- . 
rioiis' Motions, and wejre curioufly contrived, Thei'e 
were two Mnfcdi iMercoftaks^ txternm, and internm. It . 
vid.TA had ^ thirteenRibs of each fide, fiv^e fafl:ened totlie /er- 
^ ri ^' ^"^9 ^^'^ ^^^^ ^^^^ Cartilages, but not quite continued 
TigU\ ^' td-the fttrnum unlefs by tendons. The Ribs as they de- 
icended grew ihorter, fb tha;t the lafl: was but a little, 
higher than the Mufmlm Pfoas. I fhall give a fuller ac- 
count of the Ribs,' as alio' the Swnum^ w^hen I come to 
dcfcribe the Shkton, and'fliall only add that the Ribs 
arifing from the Spine do incline towards the Ahd,ommy, 
fo that they make a very acute angle with the Spine.: 
The Cartilages or rather bones that go from the firfl: five 
Rib^ to the fttrmm. zxt reflc£led lipwards towards the 
head ind make with the Coft^ acute angles alfo. hx> 
IT''^- ^ the upper part of tlx \ fiamm which, was broad - and 
