;o Phocxna, or the Anatomy of aTorpcfs. 
fomewhat deprefled there were inferred two large and 
thick Mufeles that ran towards the Maxilla. Thefe pro- 
bably by contracting may ferve to draw the Sternum up- 
wards, as the Mufculi retli which are inferted into the 
bones of the Sternum , downwards, and fo promote "Re- 
Ipiration ; which likewife is farthered by thofe other 
Mufeles, which areallo common with this filh and other 
Quadrupeds that are deftined to that office, and chiefly 
by the 
* Diaphragm?, which in this Animal was very remarka- * n>- f- 
ble ; for it had no Aponeurofis or Membranous tendon in 
the middle, but was mufeular throughout. It was fa- 
ttened to the Sternum , the Cartilages and the other Ribs 
downwards. It had a deep hollow in the middle, as it 
were pulled into the Thorax, which was occafioned by 
having the Pericardium fattened to it which did draw it 
in. The Tendons of this Mufele were very curious : 
for befides thofe large ones that did run down by the 
Spine, there were feveral Manipuli of other tendons that 
went over the Mufcnlus PJoas, and even in the middle or 
body of the Diaphragme there did appear abundance 6f 
tendons running over the mufeular fibres, as where the 
Vena Cava perforates it, and in other places, though not 
very regularly or in any fet order, but more confufedly. 
Thefe tendons appeared of both fides the Diaphragme. 
Dan. Major mentioneth a Mediafiinum but we could 
obfervenone,butitwas fupplyed by the joyning of the 
Pericardium to the Sternum \ ’twas fattened allb to the 
Diaphragme as in men, and did draw it upwards. The 
Pericardium was very large ; what water was in it I do 
not well remember ; Bartholine obferved it to be cruen- 
tous, which I luppofe was from the difleftion. 
The t Heart was long, of a triangular figure, about f Tai , 2i 
four Inches from the balls to the Cone, and as many at Fig. 6. 
the largeft part of the balls, about an Inch and 'thick. 
It 
