1 3 I ii ocxv\$,] or the Anatomy of a for^ejs, 
Jhm are thrfje ufes :Mr. Rm affigns to this paifj 
jr,. T-G keep the cold water at a diftance from the bloud, 
wfjich in this Animal is hpt, and by an immediate con^ 
ia^ would be apt to be cliillM. 2. To keep in the hot 
h^m of the bloud from evaporating. ^. Perhaps alio 
to iiehten and counterpoife the body of the fifh, which 
vvmijd otherwile be too heavy to aapv^and fwirn in the 
M'^ter. Barpholm &ith, that they ijiajie ufe of the Oyle 
for Lamps. 
The Famicitlus Carnofus here was remarkable, confid- 
ing of mulcular fibres, which were of a, more florid red 
than that of the Mufcles. Its fibre? from the back leem- 
ed obliquely amending ; but from die joyningof the }er^ 
mm to the Co/?* and fo proportionably on ^^ Abdomtj 
defcending obliquely and meeting at the Lima alh 1 
now mentioned the fibres that did run from the Pm- 
nimliis through the fat to the skin : the ufe of them may 
be, more firmly to hold to the skin, which if joyned on- 
ly to the fat, would be much more eafily fepgrable. 
They may likewife give a Motion to the skin, as the 
pAmkulus Carmfus does in Brutes. And laftly ru^* 
ning through the Fat or blubber, they .may very much 
ftrengthen the Cells or bladders. ' 
Ihe M/ifcular ftejjj of this Animal rcfembJeAnot tlrat of 
Fifh, but rather Quadrupeds, being very Sanguineous 
but of a dark red Colour. On the Abchmm we obferve j 
th&MuJcttli oUiqtie afcendentes, oblique defcendentes, trmf- 
•verfaks, dr refh. The tendons of the three former con- 
stituted the Lima xlb*^ which, was very broad and of a 
more curious but loofcr texture than urually ; for \i'c 
could eafily perceive how they did run in feveral Ahm^ 
fuli, bemginrerweaved and decufTating each other as re 
prefemedin Fi.^. i. Tab. 2. The Mf^fcdt RecItwQrcve 
ry thickand large ; on thehrfide we obferved the Fey/s 
gnd Arteria Mammnrta and Hjpogdftrka. 
Under the Mufcles of the Abdomen lyes the Perito-^a^,^ 
vhich IS atiiur though a double Membrane, in tliedupli- 
cature.: 
