n Phocatna, or the Anatomy of a Porpefs. 
a Imo ft as large as either the Ventricle it felf or the In- 
teftine. 
Mr. Ray in the ftomach of the Porpefs he diffebted, 
found a great number of Sand-Eeles, Launces, or as 
call’d by Ge/her, Ammodyta. Dan. Major found in his the 
Spines of fifhes, finall Tellina and particles of other of the 
Teftaceous and Cruftaceous kind, and Sand. In ours we ob- 
ferved the Spines of fifhes, and 2 or j Herrings pretty in- 
tire, having only their outward Parts corroded. Like- 
wife in the Oefophagus or GuU (whofe inward Tunicle 
was almoft the fame with that of the firft ftomach) were 
the bones and fpines of feveral fifties. In the fecond and 
third ftomach was only a Chymous fubftance or a Colli- 
quamentum Chyloftm livido-albefcens , as Major words it. 
Digeftion here feems to be performed by a gradual 
Corrofion firft of the outward parts, and fo penetrating 
inwards. But whence the Menfirunm that performs this 
Office is tranfmitted, is di ficult to determine. For in the 
inward Tunicle of the firft Stomach there are no Glands 
ftated, that might feparate fuch a liquor ; nor are the 
Plica or Rugs fb confiderable, as to contain any great 
quantity of the Reliques of a former digeftion, as to 
ferve for a fitcceeding ferment ; But feem rather a ftrong 
clofe white membrane like the inward Pellicle of the 
Gizard of fowls, and by this means lefs capable of any 
injury from the bones and fragments of fhells that are oft 
contained in it. But as in fowls there is placed a little 
above the Gizard abundance of Glands, that fecern a li- 
quor that ferves for the moiftening and digefting their 
hard food, which afterwards is farther comminuated by 
the grinding of the ftrong Mufcles of that Ventricle ; 
fb I am apt to think that in this fifli, the Glandula Max 'll- 
lares and thofe other that are very large and numerous, 
and are placed about the fauces and the neighboring parts, 
do feparate a faliva or liquor that may conduce much 
to this ufc ; unlefs we may think that that large Glan- 
dulous Tunicle in the fecond ftomach may fecern a Juice 
there, that may regurgitate into the firft. However 
fince 
