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Show Book I. Part II. Of t/oc Storms/9r of Pi 7. Book I. PEI feeond is thicker then the former, being reddiih and flefhy, as dreITCd with CarnousFibres: The third is the mof‘t lilbfiantial of all the coverings, and is aSyltem of numerous Glands: The fourth is a thin, white, tender Coat, Pierced with divers Holes. , ‘ C H A P. XX. 0f the Stomach of 132/11, The Cavity of this Skait being opened, I found the ourfide of a. Plane Colliquated, and turned into an Alb-coloured Mucous Matter, and forne Part of this Fifh I difcerned in the Gulet, which was the T2111, quite dif- 11h declare the wondrous Works of the All-wife Creator, in the great F variety of Ftomachs, which differ in Figure, Magnitude, and Sub, Itance, much more then the Ventricles of more perfeét Animals. T't‘S‘nnmtli The Stomach of a Whale is prodigioufly large when eittcn‘ded, and fome- filing? ‘5 \vhatref‘emblcth an EItrich Egg in Figure 5 ofa thin and Membranous fill)" fiance, plain, as free from Folds, and adorned with many Arteries, Veins, and Nerves. ihsii‘iiiiii Smut-Ls. A Porpefs is fiirnifhed with three Stomachs, and are ~diflinguifhed from each other, as parted by {inall Orifices: The firfi Ventricle ts the largeflr, covered within with a white Coat, full of Folds, and in Figure is like a Pouch, ending, in an obtufe Cone; and near the top difcharget h it felt I) a Itraight paiiége into the fecond Stomach, which is of fmaller Dimenfions then the former; and its Surface is hued with Red, and adorned With hnaL ler, and more regular Plicatures, accompanied with Protubera nees, and Fxoneratcs it felf near the bottom by a long Neclt, into the third Ventricle, being as it were an Appendage of the former, \vhofe Terminati on is turned a little upward, and afterward conjoyucd to the Inteiiines. The body of the Stomach of a Dory is large, and gure 1-, and endeth in an Arch, where it is conjoynedoftoan Orbicular Fi- the Iiiteliiiies; and the Ventriclc being opened with a Knife, I Found it hill of halfdigelied Fiih, their outlide being melted into an Afh-colou red Mucous Matter, of a fifliy talte and finell. The Ventricle of a Cod, is much akin to the Gulet, only fomewhat bigger in Dimeniions. The firit Coat is Very thin and lVIembranous, and inorc'reddilh then thatch the Otfipbrigm. The (Econd is more thick and ()landulous (/ being a compoiition of many iinall Glands, finely conjoyned by the mediation oi" thin Membranes) elpecially near the bottom, and Termination oi the Stomach: The inward Coat of the Stomach, was thicker then the outward, and of a white Nervous liibi‘tance, full of Minute PCTforarions, through which a Fermentative I iquor was traniinitted from the Glands, into the Cavity of the Stomach. W vii-mu: The Ventricle of a Kingfion, is lomewhat larger in its Origen then the °"'""‘é':"""- Quiet, and is of one uniform bignefs for Tome lpace, and afterward growmb 17‘1‘ f eth more enlarged toward the bottom, and then wheeleth in an Arch ‘l‘; and aicendeth along the right tide, and is conjoyned to the beginning of the In teiiines. The Stomach of a Fireflair, or Sting-Ray, reprefe $3;j;,_,gi,,,t gure, and its left Orifice is large, and full of Wrinklnteth an Arch + in Fi- es in its outward Surace, adorned with white: The right Orifice is much lei-s then the Other, The Stomach ora Sting- being encircled with a Sphincter, rendring the 'Pylorm very narrow, to hin- der the regrets of Faeces into the Stomach. immuni- The Ventriclc 0f 3 Skait, Confifieth of four igifirgfifir" Membranous, and enameled with divers BloodCoats: The [hit is thin and Veffcls, and framed of many COW Filamen ts, running in [even] Pofiures, and curioufly interwoven. The fecond folved to the Bones of the Spine, but the greatell: part was contained in [ha Stomach, whofe outfide was only melted into a clammy. Matter, ( and the more inward Receiies remained unconcoéted 5) which being tailed, feemeth much affected with faline Atmoniack Particles: The Stomach endeth in a more thick Clandulous fubfiance, near the Q'ylorm, which is almofi clofed up with a Sphinéier. , The Stomach of a Bafe is made of a Body, and two Procefl'es, or Necks, 313mm appendant to it: The firfi is the Gulet 1-, being conyoyned to the lower f7rlb.3l.t. Region, appertaining to the body of the Ventricle. The {econd Appen, dage + iprouteth out of the upper part of the Stomach, and is conjoyned was". t. by the 'Pylorm (guarded with 9. Circular Valve) to the origen of the Inteilzines 5 the body of the . entricle is latgefl: above, and groweth narrower and narrower towards its bottom, which terminates in a point. The Stomach of a Dog~Fiih 1-, called by the Latiner, 611le Lewis, is The so"??? much broader and greater then the Gulet, and hath largefi Dimenfions in the $23,333", . middle, and is more and more Contraéted toward the bottom. The Ventricle of this Fifh, is compofed of four Coats: The firfi is Membranous, and hath its furface Ihaded with many divarications of Gafirick VefTels, which take their rife from the left fide, and lower Region of the Stomach, and do coalefce into a common Duet, paIIing along the right (id: of the Stomach, and is at laIi implanted into the Trunk of the Vemz Tort/z, which entreth into a Filfure, feared in the Concave part of the Liver. The fecond Coat of the Stomach is flefhy too, denominated, by reafon it is furnifhed with many Annular Carnous Fibres, which pafling ctofs-Ways, do encircle the Stomach. The third Coat is of a Glandulous fubf'tance, as it is framed of many Minute Glands. The fourth is Neurons, as framed of divers Filaments, ordered in feveral Rows, which make their progrefs after different manners. The Stomach of a Bream, hath an entrance feared on the right fide, and 3,"; gig? pafiing in a wheeling poliure, malteth an Arch 1-, and then taketh a right inn". 3. coutfe, till it meeteth with the firI‘r Inteftine, where it formeth a Circumvelution, and afterward on the left fide, till it arriveth near the top of the Stomach, and then maketh another Circumvolution, and paITeth between h and the Intef'tines. I hC'thnll'iJcpe, and Perch, have a Gulet feared in the left tide, which is after- "mom", Ward inferred into the body of the Stomach, of a large beginning, and end- $55,125:, eth in a Cone; and about the middle of the right fide of the body of the Tm"Stomach, a Proccfs fptoutcth out, climbing up, and uniting to the origen of the Guts. A Smeltalfo hath a Gulet, placed in the left fide, and a Procefs coming thissniiiiuh out of the right fide of the Ventricle ( making an Arch with the body of :11.31.Fi:35 the Stomach) and is at laft, by the mediation of its 'Pylarm, comoyned to the beginning of the Intel'tines. C ccc A |