i6 VhQcxn^L^ortheJnatomyofaTorpefs. 
bottom or rime of the Pudendum^ having a protuberant 
body lying over its Orifice, which Dan. Major calls the 
f CMtori'S, which is made up of ftrong fibres almoft Carti- 1 
lagineous. 
This leadsmeto the Examination. of the Organs ofGe- 
mration in tliis Animal, which no left than the other 
parts did extremely imitate thole of Qiiadrupeds; and 
even in the whole dilTeftion I could eafilier imagine I 
Cutting up a Dog, a Swine, a Calf or any other ter- 
reftrial Brufe, than an inhabitant of the watery Ele- 
ment. 
Our fubjed was a Female ; and here we fliall take no- 
tice of the Fafa pr^parmtu^ Oi/arid^ ThU FallopUm^ the 
Vttrm^ the Pudrndum and Vbera: I fliall begin with the 
|1 Vtemsy which was about five inches in length, and had II tab. 2. 
two large ^ Corma as in multiparous Animals, each f'^'^*'^* 
about four inches long. The Comm were faftened to the 
Peritonmm, and had membranous f AU faftened to thf f rr. 
Anieialfe. All' along tlie infide of tHfe Corma we ob- 
feifved to run a Mmipulus of II mufcular fibres, which P^/?- 
expanding themfelves at length into two originations, 
were inferted into the Periton.mm at the fides a little be- 
Jovt^ the Diaphragme. Arifing alio from the OvArU&n^ 
extreamsof the T^nbi F.illopUm^ there were other ^ fibres * qji^ 
that inferted themfelves likewife into the Peritomum. 
Both thefe fibres may lerve to regulate the motion of 
thefe Parts, either for the conveighing the Eggs from the 
Gvarmm to the Ti$ht4s^ or the excluding the frtus from 
_ the Corma into the Vterus, 
Having opened the Vterus T could eafiiy obferve a di- 
ftinftion Vagina, an Os Vterz int^rnHm^^xA fundus. 
The F^^/Wwas pretty large, hadfeveral Ruga or Plk^^ 
but towards the fundus thefe Plk^ crois^wayes were fo 
^very large and ovcr-folding that they ftemed almoft 
wholly to occlude the PafTage, or at leaft to render it 
very difficult to probe, and made a very ftrift Oflhm 
This part in the mfide Iiad ftrut ot fibra longmdinaks. 
Between 
