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-Salivatory VefTels, which empty themfelves in the Month y I fhali 
only tell you, that the Mouth is very little and narrow, in pro- 
portion to the Body, and that upon thefe Accounts: i. Becaufe 
neither Lips nor Teeth are employ’d in gathering the Food, as ill 
other Quadrupeds^ fo that the Mouth only ferves co receive the 
Aliments from the Trobofcis , which both gathereth and con- 
veyeth them into it. 2. The Dentes Maxillares are of luch a 
thicknefs, both in the Upper and Lower Jaw, but efpecially the 
latter, that they ferve to render the Mouth narrow; nor need it 
be broader, becaufe the Strength of the Giinders is fuch, that 
that they can at once render the Aliments fo fmall, that there is 
no need for the Tongue to move them to and fro’ in the Mouth 
in order to have them further mafticated, as in other Animals - 
therefore is the Tongue fmall, Ihort and roilnd, terminating in a 
Point, thick, and not thin and hat as in Oxen, wh ii a fofc fmooth 
Surface, without any perfpicuous PapUU\ by which kTeems not 
to chew the Cud. 
The fhort View I took of the Tongue hindred me from obfer- 
ving that lingular Structure mention’d by Dr. Moulins. All I 
took notice of peculiar to it, was the firm Adhefion of the Thy- 
roides to the Or Hyoides , whiqh made me feparate and prefcrve 
both ; whereof fee the Figure. As to what Dr. Moulins fays, it 7 T£, 4. Fig* 
feems to me very improbable ; and I am forry the Head fhould 11. 
have been lo mangled at the cutting off, that 1 was neither able 
to receive, nor to give you any fatisfa&ion about it. However, 
I fhall give you his Account, and acquaint you with my doubts. 
1 The PafTage, fays he, to the Ventricle, was through a pecu - AnObferva 
4 liar Hole, near the Root of the Tongue, and exactly in th e-tion of Dr. 
e middle of that party which Hole was the beginning of the- Moulin’/, 
4 t/£ (ophagm : There was no Communication between this and 'concerning 
4 the PafTage into the Lungs, contrary to what happens in other thePatfagc 
‘ Animals; for the Membrana Pit nit aria anterior reach’d to tho fyom, ^ e ,'' 1 
4 very Root of the Tongue, below the is£fopbagus ; fo that it p. 11 ? 
4 could emit no Voice by the Mouth, but by the Trunk. This Mem - 1 i0 
4 hr ana had many Paffages for the Saliva ufually feparated there. 
1 There was becween the end of the Probofcis and the Larynx , a 
4 Membrana Pituit aria pofterior y which had many of the fame fort 
4 of DuRus. 
This, I confefs, feems to depend upon particular Qbfervation, 
and yet I cannot fee h,w it can well happen for every one is- 
fenfible, that the Larynx occupies the foie part, and the <AEfo~ 
phavi'A, 
