Heart. 
.Polypus 
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'F& fid ml h 
(96) 
wife fibrous, but as it were fo much Fat moulded after fuch a 
manner, being not unlike the Blade of a broadsword, near to 
-4 of an Inch at the middle, and much thinner at the Edges, tough 
and flexible, with fome gi umous Blood not fo firmly compared 
at the Extremity. 
When 1 came to the Heart, I faw all its Velfels very large ; 
the Bivtum Horta very confiderably thick and ftrong. There 
was nothing about the Heart remarkable, except the bignefs, 
which was proportionable to. the Body. The Aurulet were large, 
and the Left as well as the Right full of grumous Blood At the 
opening of the V entricles , I found them both fill’d with the lame 
-'Poly fas ; which ftrangely twilled itfelf in among the Valves, 
both Tricujptd.es and Semilunares , and alfo among the flelhy Co- 
lumns at the bottom of each Ventricle \ which here feera’d to be 
fo many little ftrong round Mufcles, fome 7, others and o- 
th rs near one Inch long, with a round flelhy Belly, and two 
Tendons varioufly fituated, as you fee in the Hearts of other A- 
nimals. Thefe Polypus’ s, from a malfy Subftance in the middle of 
the Ventricle, fent forth to all Parts their Branches, which 
here and there twilled themfelves round thefe flelhy Columns, 
their tendinous Infertions, and the tendinous Fibres of the Valves, 
with a wonderful Intricacy. In a word, there was no Angle, no 
Corner or Cavity, which 1 he Polypus did not occupy : And yet fo 
much was it difengagd from the Subftance of t e Heart, and 
^twa- fo ftrong and tough, that by pulling its grolfer part in the 
middle, all the other Branches mov’d and by cutting a few 
Parts of it, where it was molt engag’d, and where the flefliy Co- 
lumns were thickeft, I got it out altogether } and having ftretch’d 
it. out, did pleaiantly behold thefe Ramifications, proceeding 
from its groffer part like fo many Thongs or Laces whereinto a 
piece of Leather had been cut, fome broad and fome narrower ^ 
but none very thick of a yellow Colour, and fat Subftance; each 
of them weighing 1 tfc> which I may fafely fay, was more Fat 
than was upon all the Body beflde. From whence I may reafona- 
bly conclude, that aitho’ it had not met with the formerly men- 
tion’d Hardships, however it might have liv’d fometime, yet it 
couLd not live long, it being evident, that this Polypus would at 
length, have proy’d its Ruin. 
Having, as 1 told you, but Little time t-o take Notice of the 
external Parts of the Head, either in refpett of the Mufcles which 
save if, the L&ynx y Pharynx^. or- Tongue, or in refpecT of the 
Saliv.atony 
