Of Fijhet Part I. 
as in the former $ fo fmall, as fcarcely vifible without a 
Microfcope. But eafily felt by drawing your hand towards 
the head. The fhape alfo of the Teeth is odd and un- 
ufual, being armed with little fharp Hooks on each edge. 
They are taken fometimes upon our Englijh Coaft. 
The Anatomy of the Galem ( the Male ) is given us by 
Sir George Ent, in Dr. Chafktons Onomaftic. Zoic. Some of 
the molt obfervable Remarks, are the peculiar fhape of the 
Pancreas, and efpecially the Spleen, having a Label produ- 
ced from one fide, above twice its own length. LikeWife 
the Purfe at the farther end of the Duodenum, into which 
it opens only by a very fmall round Hole, not fo wide as 
to receive the end of ones little finger : all which are de- 
fcnbed and figur d. He hath alfo growing on the lower 
Eye-lid, a thick and firm Membrane, wherewith he often 
winkles or covers his whole Eye : the fame with that called 
the Periophthalmium, common to very many Birds. 
The Defcription of the Viviparous Eggs in the Female $ 
which are not unlike to thofe of the Raja, is given by Ron- 
deletius. Bellonius hath feen an indifferent One, to bring 
forth thirteen young ones at a Birth. So foon as ever 
fhe hath brought them forth, they fwim along with her, 
and if any of them are afraid of any thing, it runs imme- 
diately into the Mouth, fay fome, into the Womb of the 
Dam : when the fear is over, returns again, as if by a fecond 
Birth. 
The Skin is ufed for the polifhing of Wooden and Ivory 
Works. 
The HEAD of a DOLPHIN, about a foot and Hong. 
The Dolphin therefore to which it belong d, was above two 
yards and half long. In the Skin, 'tis hard to find any 
paffage of found for Hearing. And Ariftotle denies that 
the Dolphin hears. But Rondeletius truly faith, that he doth, 
and that the whole ftructure of the Internal Ear may be 
feen in the Skull. See BeHonius's Defcription and Figure 
of the Dam and her Foetus. 
The HEAD of a DOLPHIN, lefferthan the former. 
The TAIL of the DOLPHIN. It is expanded (as al- 
fo in the Porpefs) in a way peculiar, not uprightly, as in 
other Fiihes, but horizontally : by the help of which, he 
makes his Gamboles above the Water. And at the fame 
time 
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