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thefe again were involved by common M&mbranuU ioj:o different 
Fajciculi , till at length all were included in one common Tunicle. 
We indeavour’d by Mierdffcepes to view the Cavity of the Fi- 
bres, but could observe none: That which I fuppofe made it big- 
ger, was, that when it pait through the Bone, the Fafeieuli were 
more furiftly coherent to one another, whereby they occupied 
a leffer fpace ^ but no fooner had they pa ft it, than they be- 
gan to be more loofely conjoined within the common Tunicle, 
by which the whoff Nerve appeared to be bigger. 
Thus you fee how flgnally this Member is endued with Inftru- ^ jinalo* 
ments for the Performance of its different Functions. ’Tis' the betwixt ike 
principal Seat of two of the Senfes, and partially partakes of the p ro bofcis" 
third : For by it the Animal fwell’d ; by it Feeling is perform’d, and the Nofi 
as by the Hands with us, wherefore the Pn bo fits is not impro-/« other Ani- 
perly call’d Manus Nafuta , as before we obferv’d ; and by it the wals,E)e,and 
5th Pair of Nerves affords a partial Idea of the Tafle, to what Tongue. 
Food it takes hold of, before it conveys it to the Mouth • and 
it has a great Analogy to the other two Senfes, mx. to the Eye, 
by its 3 Pair of Nerves, namely, one for its Seeing, analogous 
to the other for Smelling ; one for its pathetical Motions, ana- 
logous to the acute Senfation, afforded to the o.her by the 5th 
Pair ; and one for the Motion of its other Muffles, analogous 
to the hard Portion of the other *, and to the Tongue, as we 
have already fhew’d at large, by its different Motions, and 
by its partial Tafle. 
I come now to the Abdomen. Without having time to conflder The Abdo- 
its Muffles, I caus’d it to be opened longitudinally whereupon men: 
the Inteflines jeated out in a confus d Mafs* firff the Paunches 
or Trypes, as I may call them, (being not unlike the Omafum and 
Abomafttm of an Ox ;) and then the finaller Inteflines. Being ear- 
neft to employ what Time 1 had in viewing the other Parts, I 
let thefe alone aTter they were extracted, till Monday : But then, 
as I told you, (by reafon of their leannefs, heat of the Weather, 
and emptinefs, there being nothing in them but a little chew’d 
Hay or Grafs) they were all fpoiled fo that I could noj receive 
any fatisfaftion of them, either as to their Structure, Figure, 
Diffienfions, or Number. The Figure Dr zJMoitlins gives of a part 
©f the Colon and Rettum, feems to be pretty good ; for 1 took a 
great deal of them, and ftretebed them out upon the Ground : 
They were about 7 foot Diameter ^ but 1 had not time to take 
notice of their precife length. 
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