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Skin is moft wrinkled, thefe Rim<& are moft frequent. It may be 
laid, that this Reafoning feems to contradid what Dr 'Manlius 
has afferted, viz.. That this Animal has a very fubtile Blood, a- 
Tk>e Ctniim - b° lln ding with a penetrating Urinous Salt ^ which he proves from 
lio n ' 0 , t b e the Vivacity of the Species, from the Urinous Sffluvia whieh af- 
EiephantT feUed his Nottrils, and from the fmarting of his. Finger by the 
Blood. Blood, after it was cut. As to the firft, that it is a very Viva- 
cious and Spirituous Animal, both the foregoing Relation and the 
Account of all Authors make it apparent ; but that does not hin- 
der its Blood from being incraffated by Cold and bad Dyet, 
nor that thefe Scabs may proceed from thisgrofs Blood. As to 
the fecond, tho’ he might have been fenfible of an abounding U- 
rinous Salt in that Animal, it does not follow it Ihould be fo in all, 
and I am apt to believe it was extraordinary • for without doubt 
fuch a burning as the poor Beaft underwent, even to its Death, 
rauft have alter’d the Conftitution of its Blood, and made it quite 
different from what it was ; and *tis probable, that it was at 
fuch places, as were moft affe&ed with the Burning, where he 
felt this Urinous Smell, and the fmarting of his Finger. For my 
part, I obferv’d the Blood of this Subjed to be Styp.ick and 
Reftringent : So that when my Hands were imbru'd in it, I 
could fcarce bend a Finger ; which Effed I have alfo perceived 
at the Difledion of Filhes, which all acknowledge to have vif- 
cuous Blood. But it miy be objeded, that this our Subjed dy- 
ing Morbid , and of a langnifhing Diftemper, the Blood of the 
one might be grofis and vifcuous, and yet that of the other Spiri- 
tuous and Subtile. I fhould be ready to acknowledge the Obje- 
ction to be valid, if I did not underftand both were affeded with 
the fame Scab, and by what appears, the other feems to have 
been more than this. 
I proceed next to the Cutis, whofe inner Surface Dr. Moulin t 
The Stru- obferv’d ‘ To abound with a great many Glands } when cut 
Bure of the < through, at leaft as far as the Roots of the Hair went, it was 
LlU£ * 4 like the horny or callous part ot Brawn, and its outer Sur. 
‘ face abounded with a great many PapilU- As I faid, I had 
not opportunity to obferve any of thefe-, but am apt to be- 
lieve all to be true : And firft, as to the PapilU I told you alrea- 
dy, that the Cmicula was endued with a vaft quantity of Favi , or 
Deprefiions, wherein I doubt not but thefe PapilU were receiv’d, 
tho’ the Surface of the Cutis, as now dry’d, is fmoofh ; and where 
the PapilU feem’d to have formerly been, there are now rather 
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