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Of Quadruped's. 
ART 
I. 
Ojfa Mucronata , directly oppofite to the upright Pro- 
cejfus. 
The Shoulder-Blades are two on each fide ; each * foot 
long. 
The Bones of the fore-Foot, 2 7. The Thigh-Bone near 
a foot long ; an inch and 4 over. The Leg-Bones, two j 
each a little above t a foot long 3 and of equal thicknefs, 
fc. about i of an inch over. The Foot ftrictly fo call'd, the 
length of the Thigh. The Bones of the Pedium , four. 
The Fingers or Toes, five. The inmoft, the thickeft, like 
a Thumb. From thence, the third , the longed. The 
Bones of the Thumb, three 5 of the next Finger, four; of' 
the next, five; of the two outmoft, four; in all 20. All 
armed with black Claws, a little crooked, and not much 
above an inch long. 
The Hip-Bones are three; each of them ? a foot long. 
The Bones of the hinder Foot, 24. The Thigh-Bone 
above afoot long, and an inch and \ over. The Leg Bones 
almoft eight inches long. The inmoft, above an inch 
over; the other, but * an inch. The Foot, fo called, the 
length of the Thigh. The Bones of the Pedium., four. 
The Toes, four; whereof the inmoft, the greateft; the 
third, the longeft. The Bones of the great Toe, three; 
of the next, four; of the third and fourth, five. The 
Claws fomewhat bigger than in the fore-Foot. 
Amongft other things worthy of note, the fenfelefhefs 
of the tradition of the Crocodiles moving his upper Jaw, is 
plain from the ftructurc of the Bones, that is, the Articu¬ 
lation only of the Occiput with the Neck, and of the nether 
Jaw with the upper, as above faid. 
The firft Author of it was Anflotle , in his Fourth Book 
de Partibus Animalium, Cap. 11. And thus much is true, 
not only of this Creature, but of all others, which have a 
long Head, and a wide Riches, that when they open their 
Mouths, they feem to move both Jaws; as both the Viper, 
(a) Lib. de and the Lizard. And for the fame reafon ,Coluvina (a ) might 
Aquatd. fiy as much of the Hippopotamus, that he moves the upper 
Jaw, as the Crocodile. So all Birds, efpecially with long 
Bills, ihew the contemporary motion of both the Mandi¬ 
bular ; the Mufculi fplenii pulling back the Occiput , and fo 
a little railing the upper, while the Mufculi Digaftrici pull 
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