1 6 Phocjena, or- the M'ltomy of a for^efs'. 
Be//omus, RondeletiitSy Major, and others do mention 
the Meatus Auditoriits which we likewife obferved at 
that diftance from the Eye, as hath been exprcffed : 'tis 
cxtreamfmall, and whether really perforated at the skin, 
we fbraewhat doubted ; for forcing a finali briftle into 
it, after it had entered, it readily deu:ended towards the 
OS Petrofim. 
The figure of the Aperture of the * Spiraadum or * 
Spout was foriiewhat femilunar : 'twas placed acrofi^^ 
the forehead )utt before the Brain, and was almoft an Inch 
in length. 
Thefliapeof thzBack was like the body of a Ship in- 
verted, that were it not for its Fins andTayle, it would 
eafily turn downwards ; but the contrivance is moft con- 
venient for fwimming, by reafon the water that is re- 
moved in fwimmihg is that above them, which does moft 
readily give way. 
The Horizontal fite of theT/iy/ein tliisfifhis ofgre^t 
life. {{) Mr. Ray conceives it to be partly to fiipply 
the hindermoft pair of Fins, which ferve to ballance the 
body and keep it up in the water, anfwering in propor- 
tion to the hinder leffs of a Quadruped ; Hence we lee 
that tliofe fifhes which have long Bodies, and but one 
pair of fins, as Eelesand the like, cannot keep themfelves 
up in water, but lye alwayes grovelling on the bottom : 
Partly to facilitate the fifhes afcent to the top of the wa- 
ter ( to which he can immediately raife himfclf by a 
light jerk of his tayle thus placed) for the ufeof Refpira- 
tion, which IS as neccITary for him as for Quadrupeds. 
Theftruaureof the wT^tr-i and inward Parts have fo 
great an Analogy and refemblance to thofe of Quadru- 
iieds, tJiat we find them here almoft the fame The 
greateft difference from them feemsto be in the external 
(f) Thiloj.Tranfaa. n.-^d. 2275. 
' fliape. 
