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The Stomachs and Guts. 
CHAP. V. 
Of the Vfes of the Quiet and Stomachs of Quadrupeds. 
And fir si of the Gulet. 
TN fpeaking hereof, I fhall, as in the Anatomical Part, infill 
chiefly on thofe Particulars which have been omitted by 
others. J 
_ It may therefore firft be noted of the bore of the Gulet 
i hat it is not every where alike anfwerable to the Body or 
Stomach. As in a Fox , which both feeds on Bones, and fwal- 
lows whole, or with little chewing 5 and next in a Dog, and 
other Oflivorous Quadrupeds, 'tis very large ; fc. to prevent 
a contufion therein. Next in a Horfe-, which though he 
feeds on G>afs, yet fwallows much at once, andfo requires 
a more open pallage. But in a Sheep, Rabbit, or Ox, which 
bite Ihort, and fwallow lefs at once, 'tis fmaller But in a 
Squirei m lefter, both becaufe he eats fine, and to keep him 
from difgorging his meat upon his defeending leaps. And 
fo in Rats and Mice, which often run along Walls with their 
Heads downward. 
The Thicknefs of the Gulet is al fo different. So in a 
Weejle or Pole-Cat, which eat no Bones, more Membranous 
or Skiny. In Dogs more Mufcular, greater force being re¬ 
quired to carry down Bones, than Flefh. But in Sheep, 
Hogs, Corn, Hordes moft of all 3 for three Reafons: Firft, 
For that Grafs, and efpecially Hay is lefs flippery, and apt 
to clog by the way. Secondly, Becaufe they eat continu¬ 
ally, and fo the Gulet is in continual adhon, which it could 
not bear without pain, were it not made fturdy for hard la- 
our: in like manner, as are the Mufcules of the Chaps, 
and efpecially the Majfeter, in all the faid Animals. Thirdly, 
For that all they eat and drink (becaufe they hold theirHeads 
down) muft be made by a greater force to afee,id into their 
tomachs. Whereas in Carnivorous Animals, and efpe- 
f la I a Man, it pafleth by defeent. And there are few, 
ut may remember, how difficult it was, when they were 
Boys, to drink with their Heads down at a Spring. And al¬ 
though Dogs drink with their Heads down, yet they can 
only 
