■j8 Phocaena , or the Anatomy of aTorpeJs* 
did not take notice of my felf, though I do not deny but 
that they may be there. 
R&ndektim denies that fillies have Eye-lids, where he 
faith, (x) Palpebris yero omnes ffc. Pifces ) carent, quod 
commode nictare in Aqua non pojfunt, fed duriores Oculi 
facts, ne facile ah Aqua jaljedine, qua arrodit, laderentur . 
And elfewhere, Palpebrarum defectum Cornea dnritie. penfa- 
v it Nat ura, qua undiq) O culum ambit , non ex adverfo Pa- 
pilla tantum ut in hominibus . Which though true in fe- 
deral fillies, yet holds not good in this, for here we mull 
grant Palpebra or Eye-lids, Their aperture was but 
finaE, and on the infides of the. upper Eye-lid we obfer- 
ved Stew’s ductus* s very fair, and did putin Briftles into 
feveral of them, that did run into the Clandula innomi- 
nata, from whence they did arife, which Gland was very 
large, fonflon out of Cardan . affirms that a Forpels fome- 
times weeps ; if there be a PalTion, there wants not mat- 
ter here for tears. However this humour may lerve for 
the walliing off the Brine of the Sea water from fretting 
the Eye, which in this hot Animal perhaps may be ten- 
derer than in other fillies, which have for this ufe a pro- 
per Tunicie, which is a continuation of the Cutisdm.co- 
vers the Cornea and is tranfparent, as is plain in Whitings , 
&c. The Orbit of the Eye w r as not fb perfefl or compo- 
fed of hones as in other Animals, but at the lower part 
it had only a very thin final! bone. The Bulk of the Eye 
in proportion to the body was but final!, being not fb 
big as. in a Sheep. It had all the Muffles very fair as in 
a Man, and like wile the Mufcttlut JtPtimus or fufpenforius 
that is proper to Brutes, and which did inclofe the Op tick 
,Nerve. The ufe of this in Brutes that are prono Capite , 
is thought to be, to fufpend the Bulk of the Eye that it 
receives no injury from the declivity of the head ; but 
. there being not that danger here, Nature that does nothing 
in vain, muff have fbnae other intendments, and probably 
(y) Road, de TifcJ. 3. c. 2 . v. 47. 
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