Of OXFO%T)^SHI%B. 191 
they have been as well adorned, as any of their kind. 
46. kmong^itht Qua dr up eda -jroXvSbLy.ivXa,, or claw-footed Ani- 
mals^ I met with nothing fo ftrange as the rib of a Vog^ or fome 
fuch like 5f jf?, fet in a interceding two other riZ- 5, that the 
intercoftal parts were filled with it, zsinTab. 10. Fig. 15. in fo 
much that if all the ribs were thus qualified, the whole cheji of 
that Animal muft needs htone hone. This was found about Ox- 
ford^ and given nie by the Right Reverend Father in God, Thomas 
Lord BiQiop of Lincoln. And there are two other ribs joyned 
in like manner, to be feen in the Repofitory in the Medicin School. 
But I find this has happened not only to Beafls, butfomtimes to 
Men , who have been always remarkable for their prodigiom 
ftrength ; whereof in their refpedlive places as I meet them here- 
after. 
CHAP, 
