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Of Animals, 
An Vrcban. 
The Gulet of an URCHAN enters the Stomach towards 
the middle, as in a Mole. Somewhat fmall, not $ of an inch 
over. 
The Stomach not fo large as in the Mole, Vet bigger than 
in Carnivorous Animals 5 as than that of a WeeJIe,akhough 
the Body of an Vrchan of the fame age be no bigger, as is 
plain, when the Skins of both are taken off. Tis alfo of a 
rounder fhape. 
The Guts, for fubftance, feem to be but One. But from 
the difference of fhape, may be accounted Four. The Firft, 
or Craffum, a yard and * th long 3 and near * an inch over, 
where wideft. It hath feveral, about 12 obfervable Con- 
tractions 5 fome of them an inch or two long, fome more, 
and fome lefs : which, as to their length, is peculiar to this 
Animal. 
The Second, or Gracile, is about * of a yard long 3 i of an 
inch over, and of an equal fize throughout. 
The Third, or Ampliffimum, * th of a yard long 3 and 
above * of an inch over, where wideft. 
The Retlum, about as long 3 and above ? an inch over. 
So the length of all the Guts, is Two yards and an inch or 
two : much longer, than in the Carnivorous kind. 
The Third and Laft, are fprinkled with an innumerable 
company of extream fmall Glands, fcarce difcernible with- 
out a Glafs 3 through which, they (hew as big as little Pins 
heads. 
This Animal hath none of thofe Bags near the Anus, 
above defcnbed in the Weejle, is?c. Hath no Cacum. No 
Colon. 
A Squirell 
That I open d,was a Virginian, fmaller than the European. 
The Gulet enters the Stomach towards the middle, as in a 
Mole and Vrchan very fmall, like the top of an Oaten-fir ave : 
fo that the upper Orifice of the Stomach, hardly lets any 
thing, fo much as wind, to pafs into it. 
The Stomach two inches long 3 the left end,an inch over3 
the right, * an inch. The 
