Mufculi Ju, 
Retra&ores 
Penis D. 
Moulin*. 
p *£- * 5 - 
Their Ufe. 
Remarls 
upon his 
Objervmticm 
, ( 88 ) v 
4 in one, which went dire&ly under the middle of the Pettis, 
‘ and reach'd beyond, a Crookednefs he obferv’d in it. This 
4 was in length about 8 Inches, and terminated within (> or 7 
‘ Inches of the dans, having expanded itfelf into a Membrane. 
‘ There was belide thefe a Nervous Body, that began underneath 
4 near the aforefaid Tendons, about 8 Inches from the Root of 
4 the Penis, and reach’d (dLftinft from the Yard^) 9 Inqhe be- 
4 fore it was inferted again in it, at a place 5 \ inches from 
4 the Gians, 
4 He is of Opinion, thefe Mufcles in that Nervous Bodybe- 
6 ing fo conveniently plac'd for that purpofe, that the Elephant 
4 is a Retromingent and probably Retrocoient Animal. The 
4 crookednefs and bending downwards he obferv’d in the Penis, 
4 fomewhkt ihort of the end of the Tendon, and tire confeffion 
4 of thofe that were his Attendants, who told him, that when 
4 the would make Water, they obferv’d him to uniheath 
4 the Penis , and bend it backwards, and fo Pifs between his 
4 Lags outwards, confirm’d him in that Opinion ; by. which, 
4 he fays, Nature feems to prevent this unweildy Animal’s wal- 
4 lowing in its own Excrements. 
Had our Author had the good Fortune to oblerve the Erefiores 
Penis , as well as its Retrafiores, it might have been of Service: 
, For admitting there be fuch, (as I have no reafon to call fo 
'ingenious a Gentleman’s Authority in queftipnj- tip probable 
there muffc have been Erefiores alfo, and that upon the following 
Accounts. Eirffc, becaufe ’tis requifite the Penis oS thz Elephant 
be freed of this Retraction \ that whereas it is brought back at 
the Minfins, it may be brought forward at the Coitus, idly, Be- 
caufe it is requifite that the Pem at the Coitus, be brought (if 
not altogether, yet) ohliquely upwards : As we fee whenaHprfe 
Rifles, he firft unlheaths the Penis, whic.h.by its own Gravity de- 
clines, and ir aflifted hy a more than ordinary Supply of Spirits, 
it tends a little forward 5 but in the Elephant there is always a 
Supply of Spirits required, at the Mfinfins, both to make the 
Penis penetrate the Sheath, (whofe inner Orifice, as our Author 
fays, was (but foclofe, that there was not room. for a Man’s little 
Finger to get in, fo that he wns forc’d to divide it before he 
could come at the Yard) and endue it w.ith ascertain Rigidity, 
and to jTwell th q Retrafiores, whereby the Penis being render’d 
a little fliff, may be drawn back. Supppfing then there be fuch 
Mre&erei Penis, we. mull: likewifeLqnceiye them to, be of a ; far 
greater 
