Phocsena, or the Anatomy of a Torpefs. }i 
It had two large Ventricles and as many Auricles, To- 
wards the Cone the Ventricles leemed a little divided. 
The valves of the Ventricles and of the Arteria Pulmo - 
nalis and Aorta were not different from thole in Qua- 
drupeds, but the Carnes Columns in the left Ventricle 
were larger and more numerous and curioufly interwo- 
ven lattice-wile. 
The foramen ovale was doled and not open ; where it 
had been, we could perceive by its thinnels and tranlpa- 
rency. We did not think of it then to look for the Cana- 
hs Arteriofus , but probably its paffage may be likewile 
fhut, as is alio the foramen ovale in a Beavor and an Otter, 
as it hath been oblervedby lome at ( n ) Paris ^ though ’tis 
delivered by others that in thele Amphibious Animals 
’tis kept open, that they maybe the better able to keep 
under water, the Circulation of the blond being conti- 
nued by this means without being tranlmitted into the 
lungs as it is in the Embryo’s of Quadrupeds in Vtero. 
The lame is affirmed by (o) Severinus concerning Ducks 
and Geefe, and thence he gives a realon why they are 
not luffocated by diving under water lb long, or ftrangled 
when holden by the neck in ones hand, 
* Tab. i. The * Lungs had only two large lobes, each of them 
Fig. 3 . cc. about ten inches long and about 4 and * broad, and 
two inches thick when not extended, and did in one 
part adhere to the Diaphragme a little below the en- 
trance of the Bronchi s. It had leveral GlanduU con- 
taining a Steatomatous matter. The Lungs were en- 
compaffedwith aftrong membrane, which being taken 
off, the minute ramifications of the Sanguinary Veffels 
were very plealant to behold. The Parenchyma of the 
Lungs was the lame with that of Quadrupeds, and when 
blown up were very large ; which makes me fufpeft the 4 
truth of that affertion of (/>) Rondeletius concerning the ; 
(n) Memoires four fervir a f Flip. Nat, des Ammmx. (0) Phd* 
€A illuftrat. p. 37 , (p) Lond.de Fife. L 1 c , 8 , 
