Of Quadruped's. Part L 
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OJfa Mucronata, directly oppofite to the upright Pro- 
cerus. 
The Shoulder-Blades are two on each fide 3 each I foot 
long. 
The Bones of the fore-Foot, 2 7. The Thigh-Bone near 
a foot long 3 an inch and * over. The Leg-Bones, two 5 
each a little above ? a foot long 5 and of equal thicknefs, 
fc. about * of an inch over. The Foot ftri&ly fo calfd, the 
length of the Thigh. The Bones of the Tedium, four. 
The Fingers or Toes, five. The inmoft, the thicker!:, like 
a Thumb. From thence , the third , the longer!. The 
Bones of the Thumb, three 5 of the next Finger, four 3 of 
the next, five 3 of the two outmoft, four 5 in all 20. All 
armed with black Claws, a little crooked, and not much 
above an inch long. 
The Hip-Bones are three 3 each of them I a foot long. 
The Bones of the hinder Foot, 24. The Thigh-Bone 
above a foot long, and an inch and ^ over. The Leg Bones 
almoft eight inches long. The inmoft, above an inch 
over 3 the other, but * an inch. The Foot, fo called, the 
length of the Thigh. The Bones of the Tedium, four. 
The Toes, four 3 whereof the inmoft, the greateft3 the 
third, the longeft. The Bones of the great Toe, three 5 
of the next, four 3 of the third and fourth, five. The 
Claws fomewhat bigger than in the fore-Foot. 
Amongft other things worthy of note, the fenfelefnefs 
of the tradition of the Crocodiles moving his upper Jaw, is 
plain from the ftructure of the Bones, that is, the Articu- 
lation only of the Occiput with the Neck, and of the nether 
Jaw with the upper, as above faid. 
The firft Author of it was Ariftotle, in his Fourth Book 
de Vartibus Animalium, Cap. 1 1 . And thus much is true, 
not only of this Creature, but of all others, which have a 
long Head, and a wide Riclus, that when they open their 
Mouths, they feem to move both Jaws 5 as both the Viper , 
(a) Lib. de and the Lizard. And for the fame TCdion,Columna (a} niight 
Aquatu. fey as muc £, Q £ ^ Hippopotamus, that he moves the upper 
Jaw, as the Crocodile. So all Birds, efpecially with long 
Bills, fhew the contemporary "motion of both the Mandi- 
bulcz 3 the Mufculi fplenii pulling back the Occiput, and fo 
a little railing the upper, while the Mufculi Digaftrici pull 
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