Part I. 
Of Fijhes 
93 
time takes his Breath : as Mr. Ray hath -well obferved of 
the fame ufe in the Pcrpefs. It is alfo of ufe to caft him 
forward by ftrong and repeated jirks, whereby he is fo ad¬ 
mirably fwift, as it’s faid, above all other Fifhes. (a) There M Phil, 
is alfo another Dolphins Tail here preferved of the fame [ranf:N ' 7 ^ 
i r r p. 227*5. 
bigneis. ' 
The SKELETON of a PORPESS, or Sea-Hog. (b) The ^. )Turfio 
Defcription and Anatomy of the Animal is given us by SnaRont 
Bartholine ( Hi.fi. Cent. 2.) By Air .Ray (Phil. Tranf N.] 6 .) deIetii ' 
By Dan. Major (Mifcel. Curiof German. An. 4.) And lately 
more largely by Dr. Edward Tyfon. Some of the particu¬ 
lars more remarkable are, That the Fat, which is an inch 
thick, encompaffeth the whole Body, as in a Hog. That 
the Fibers which run through the Fat from the Membrana 
Camofa to the Skin, do obliquely decuffate one another 
like a Lattice. And I may here obferve, That the like 
Decuffation is made betwixt the white and red Fibers of all 
Mufcules. 
’Tis further noted, That the Fat is nothing elfe but Oil 
contained in a great number of little Bladders. I add, 
That all thefe Bladders are the continuation of the Fibers 
which decuifate, in a finer Work. And that there is no 
difference betwixt the faid Fibers and thofe of the Membra¬ 
na Camofa&vmg their Relaxation, (as when a Spung fwells 
with water) by the interpofition of Oil. 
The Stomach remarkable, confiding of three Bags. The 
Guts eleven times the length of the Fifh. The Glands of 
the Kidneys fo diitinct, that each having a white fubltance 
m its centre,and out of that its Papilla,feemed to be another 
little Kidney, about the bignefs of a large Peas. And I fhall 
here take notice. That the wlutilh fubltance within every 
Gland, and the fame which is in the Kidneys of other 
Animals, is truly Carneous or Mufcnlar , by which the 
conveyance of the Urinous parts of the Blood into the 
Pelvis is promoted. 
The Paps are placed one on each fide the Pudendum. 
The Ovaria (it being a young Filh) not above an inch 
long, and thick as a Goofe-Quill. The Diaphragme, with¬ 
out the ufual Tendon in the centre. The Heart, with two 
Ventricles and two Auricles. The Foramen Ovale, clofed 
The Lungs confiding of two great Lobes. The Lamyx 
very 
