48 Phocana, or the Anatomy of aTorpefs. 
Whales which is commonly made ufe of for Signs. 
It wanted the Spine and had two large II procelfes, 
which is beft underftood by the Cut, as ’tis well re- 
prelented by Dan. Major. 
As to the Myology we have little to add, not having 
had leafiire to prolecute that in this lubjed: ; how- 
ever I fhall obferve that the Mufctiltts Pfo.ts was very 
large, lying on each fide the Spine, and having one 
extream imerted in the Thorax and the other by ftrong 
tendons intheTayle. Likewile on the Back between 
the Spinal and tranlverle Precedes there did lye two 
very thick Mulcles, riling from the os Occipitis and ter- 
minating with a multitude of tendons in the Tayle, 
but lending tendons all along to the Spinal verte- 
bra, &c. Thele Mulcles doubtlels contribute very 
much to their fwift and nimble motion, which as it 
hath been oblerved by many, lo is elegantly expreded 
by Ovid where he faith, 
lindiq; dant faltm, multaq; afpergin£ rorant, 
Emerguntq^ iter urn, redaintq;Jub aqtiora rurfics, 
Inq ; Chori ladunt fpeciem , lafcivaq;jaciant 
Corpora , dr accept um patulis mare naribu-s efflant. 
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