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Show 656 7/90 part: of generation in Fifla. .Boo I. Part IV. ax." _ , V V m. Book I. Part IV. The Mcm- hinder region to the Spine, by the interpofition of a thick Membrane, a, alfo to the middle of the Claaca or "term. The common Membranes of the Ovary have many fmall thin Mem- gsgltiscgfthc brancs appendant to them, by which the Eggs are faltned to the Ovaries, as Well as to each other. Thefe Tuniclcs have divers Minute Glands annexed to them, which are the Colatories of the Blood and the Seminal Mm"in order to the production of Eggs . The Ovaries of this Fifh are liored with a great furniture of Eggs of dif1h: cm of fiery}? fercnt lizes 'l' and colours, fome being whitifh, and other yellowilh, as they . come to greater maturity. The Eggs grow in cluf'ters, and every one is encircled with a proper Coat, and are finalleli in their origen near the top of the Ovary, and acquire grea- ter dimeniions as they approach nearer the Oviduéts. The Yolks on each‘ fide, when they have arrived a due perfection, are parted from the other finaller neighbouring Yolks, and Concreted (as I humbly conceive) into a white curdely fubfiance, environed with thick white Membranes, and are afterward received into the Oviduéts, wherein they are Colliquated by heat, and invef'ted on every lide with a white vilcid Cryiialline Liquor , overcrui'ted with grifly Integuments, which fupply the places of [hells in the Eggs of Birds, and are the true Chorion encompail ling the more fine inward Coat or Amnioiz of the Egg. The numerous Eggs confiituting the Cluflser, are faflned to a white Mem11141.55. brane is, accommodated with many Glands, in whofe compage the more gfifl‘flfifjfi: mild part of the Vital Liquor is revered from the more fierce Purple, and is snfirdinsthc conveyed by Pores to the yolks of the Eggs, whereby they are nourilhed and encreafcd. Eggs. ind-KL 17.43 ii. 1 he Oviduéts 'l- are very large in this Filh, and begin near the Ovaries, and end into the angles of the Clean: or rather "term. About the beginning of each Oviduét is feared a femicircular white body+ covered with a t'.ick Membrane, containing within it a concreted white Liquor. Thcfe femicircular bodies have outwardly a convex, and in- wardly a concave hollow furface. The Ovidufis of this Filh as well as its Ovaries are cloathed with three Coats, the firlt or outward is Membranous, coriipolEd of many fmall Fila1hr: sin am? ments of the fame kind. The {econd is Helhy, as made up of numerous Camous Fibres, lodged beiiiiniifiifil' Cuatrsfl-Llhy. tween the two Coats, which f'ttengthen them, and by their contraction do crowd the Eggs into the Cloud or "term. The third Coat of the Deierent V effels or Oviduéts of a Thornback, is The mm fggifilbm‘ Nervous, framed 0F many minute threads finely interwoven. "we a; The ufe of there Oviduéts is to give a reception to Eggs, when rhrufl: out my" a? the confines of the Ovaries, and to convey them to the Cloaca, or rather term". Thetaufc of The Cvi-duéis have their more fine inward Alli-coloured Coats befet with $3222;in numerous {mall Glands, in whole fubflance the Albuminous part is feparatcd from the red Craifament, and conveyed by fecret paflages into the caVithS of the Ovidué‘ts, making the whites of thefe Eggs, on each fide immuring Thc‘taufc of the yolks, as it is found in the Eggs of Birds. Atlai'c the grofler part of the iéiinsghiilifié Albuminous Matter (which I {aw bedewing the inward part of the OviEfi‘rfgjk' ducts) being made of more vilcid and grois faline Particles, is concrete into a Cartilaginous lhell, encompafling the Albumen and yolk of the Egg (1796?er (formation in Iii/77 657 In. the Oviduéts neat themiddle of them, I plainly dilcer tranfparent Coats two Eggs 1- (feared over againfl each ned th- h otl ‘ lo‘ug the 7 With dark coloured Cartilaginous (hells, befet with finall hai iCI )dlgvchd ET. 431'". ther Filh, I {aw one of thefe matured Eggs alter it‘was tilte'nan mfano~ ‘fififgfiifi (/0401 or "ferns, cloathed after the fame manner. out o the 5:22:55"? . The Ovrdud‘ts are inferred into Angles l'eatecl in the rep of the Cl ": is thought by lome Learned Anotamifls; but I humbly conceive W561," It' 33:33 iihiiiiiiifr leave of thefc renowned Men, That it, is rather a true Mterui 35,1 Wl‘t the the Coats belonging to it, beret with many Glands and is alli) cndavdng '3" many Plicatures, or folds, which are found in the Ixittemr of other A"? "ll-uh And lafi of all, which moft induceth me to be of this 0 mi "Irma; i caufe the termination of the Intefliimm Ream" is not infertedpinttcintjhlsb deof the (loam, but hath its extremity feared on one {ide of the ute- ? o} 'y Animal, which doth not difcharge the Excremenrs into the eavit ii" hm his rm, but through a particular hole ending in the Ami/r. )7 0 t e 1416After the yolks of Eggs relating to a Thornback are rendre d fomewhat ture, they are received into the Oviduéis, where they acquir e a greater erii: 355:3: Etion, till they are encircled with a Cryl'calline humour, cndue fpsrenttclammy hibfiance, relEmbling the white of an Eng ' d with apt‘ - ifir‘hm‘ai'uvr‘l‘w and thefe va {mu dum cryl‘talline and yellow Orbs ofvarious Liquors refidc in the Ovidué are iinmured With brown Cartilaginous coverings, and then ts till rtlims are difcharaeil fucceflively through the confines of the Deferent Veffels into the larger cat/zit: 01f the uterus in which thefe quadrangular Eggs come to greater maturity, and, Themannrr t en are expelled the body of the uterus, and are afterw ard bcdewcd with Z?fif2‘i22il°r". the. milky humflor of the Male: So that the impregnated Seminal Liquor by ‘m'w‘mg ‘ @flflmflplm various roce fies is gradué'tive ' of a Beating ' -pomt, ' ‘ Heart, Liver, i m' r Spleen, 1‘1i9‘llDIJCk' H h , e mes, i neys, and other Mufcular and Membranous parts w 1c are gradually formed by Naturein an admirable order; which fpeaketii the infinite wrfdom and power of the Omnipotent Agent. t The Elli; )( callfid indthe lilatine Tongue Cam's Charcdria, which is of 2. Ce- T} c , i . aceous in is ore wit man kinds of Genitals O V r ' ofma C ' mm divers forts of Eggs, (five. Y , a 165, OVIdUfis, flimsy endin Each fide in fimll) of this Filh d' is acc i f onmoda ' an Ovary, beginni ted With ' ' ng and TllCCVdriLt g j er ‘ imenVions, and is endued With a membranous and nervous Coat, interlined With Muftular Fibres, aflil'ting the exclufion of the Eggs into the Ovrduas. And the Ovaries are not only invefied with a meinbranous,nervous,a car- nd The memnoiis Integurncnr, but are alfo adorned with many {mall Glands, as ['0 many i'treiners, itparatmg the more {oft from the fierce parts of the Blood, which gran"? Biz/1h 0m" t a fer¥has Seminal and Nutritious Juice, forming and fupporting the Eggs t d e Ogariles are liurnifhcd With many Eggs of various figures, magni- Thcpvaflcs u es, an coours, ome long, othersround, fome fmall, others great, and a third of a middle file; and as to variety of colour, fome Eggs are white :rfc‘dlclzolhiflmo' or dam "1th ' wheyilh, and others yellow. flmffifipfi: {Efiw Ovary hath an appendant Ovidufi (beginning at the termina tion iniiifgii- 01 t e Ovary) inferred at lait into the Cloam, as a common receptadms' ‘ c ) ‘ 11 SO eof the Eggs, relating to both Oviduéts, which afcend in this Fifli be- ]tween the Liver and Diaphragm, and afterward being refleéied toward the lOWer- regionor~ the Abdomen, are fafined to the middleof it, which is ca'lé ed me Allin in more perfect Animals. V I i i In Ffffffff The |