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■Well as concoction, being deftitute of the inftruments 
adapted to that purpofe. 
The Egyptians fay that his excrements do not pafs 
through the anus : this feems to be confirmed by the 
ftrufture of the gut, which is near the Pylorus ; for it 
cannot eafily be conceived, that excrements fliould 
Pafs thro’ fo narrow a paffage, feemingly deftined for 
the conveyance of the Chyle only; but the ftru&ure 
of the parts, and the Gut being fo near the Pylorus, 
feetn to indicate that the excrements pafs through it 
into the Ventricle, and are vomited up. The inha- 
bitants above Cairo fay, they fee this daily, and ob- 
ferve that the Crocodile is obliged to come on fliore 
as often as he has occafion to eafe himfelf. There 
is a Folliculus, of the bignefs of a Hazel nut, under 
the {boulders of the old Crocodiles : this contains a 
thick matter, which fmells like mulk. The Egyp- 
tians are very anxious to get this when they kill a 
Crocodile, being a perfume much efteemed by the 
grandees. I did not find one in any I differed. 
When the male copulates with the female, he turns 
her with his fnout on her back. 
The eggs of the Crocodile are larger than a 
Hen’s egg, but not fo large as that of a Goofe, be- 
ing covered with a hard cruft, of a rugged furface, 
and a cloudy white colour : thefe were taken out of 
a female 50 feet long. 
The Egyptians ufe the fat againft the llheuma- 
fifm, and ftiflhefs of the tendons, efteeming it a pow- 
erful remedy outwardly applied. • 
They fay the gall is good for the eyes: they 
niake ufe of it as a certain remedy for barrennefs in 
Women, taking about fix grains internally, and out- 
wardly they apply a Pefius, made of cotton, and the 
gall of a Crocodile. 
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