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have the same number of bones and joints as 
animals which have fingers and toes, so that the 
arrangement of its feet bones is into first, second, 
and third phalanges or knuckles, no less than 
those of the human hand ;) and animals having 
the requisite external structure, and correspon- 
dent internal formation, yet not ruminating ; or 
though ruminating, not having the requisite 
construction of the feet, as the saphan,* tran- 
slated coney, Lev. x. 5, Deut. xiv. 7 ; which, 
though it ruminates, yet has its feet divided by 
two clefts into three toes. These are the “ legis- 
lative naturalist’s” most obvious distinctions of 
unclean quadrupeds. 
The Clean. 
Fissipedes. 
All quadrupeds having their hoof entirely 
•divided into two parts only, and having a corres- 
ponding internal construction, and ruminating, as 
oxen, deer, sheep, and goats. 
II. Fishes. 
The Clean. 
All such as have fins and scales. 
* “ Probably the different species of jerboa, musjaculus, 
Linn, are included in this word. The Rabbins render it 
the rabbit.” — Gesenius’s Hebrew Lexicon. 
