£62 The Hiftory of Bats. 
“and. Neceflities of ‘Life, afforda moft des 
« lightful’ Variety “of Objects ; particularly 
_ the. fharp-hooked Claws, which® enable 
« them to’ walk on Gla&, and other fmooth 
« Surfaces;. alfo a’ Sort of Spunges, ‘which 
‘© preferve their Claws ftriking°againft hard 
** Bodies, by: the foft flefhy Prourataeine 
“at the Bottoms of ‘their Feet.” 
~The Infide of the Breaft, confifting of a 
porous, fibrous, reddifh Fleth, contains the 
Heart and Organs of Refpiration + beft dif- 
covered by the Help of Glaffes.: \A > fmall 
Contufion of this Part, (including the Vitals) 
occafions it’s Death. | 
The third and laft Part is the Belly; in 
which we obferve fix’ Rings, fliding one 
over another, refembling the Scales of Fithes, 
which. have a Power to extend or contract 
themfelves as there is Occafion, by the Help 
of proper Mufcles Nature hath accommo- 
dated them with. (Tho’ Mr. Rujden could 
difcover only three Partitions, with filver 
coloured Lines acrofs, p. 5. which at once 
fhews how incurious he was in his Remarks, 
and how remote from the Truth in his Re- 
port.) And within thefe Plaits they fix and 
carry their Wax; and not upon their Legs | 
or Thighs, as the common People generally | 
a 
conclude; and moft Authors I have met — 
with have ignorantly, yet very con 
afferted. 7 
But 
