6 T§e N A T U R AL H 1 1 T O R Y af.
Mafs of Blood within the Orn - ‘Butfhat only
the Seed %jby the Gprwa the1
Fjecundatiori.-But to fhefe I ariwei-, !t e e TtSfelt Mlo ws
attteeud of^eT^iej-, 1 have freqriently attempted to force only
Air’ witHitf the j p ^ f f fet&
the-Owam arri like wife involved in a double. Membrane,51 do
hot fee- how in the leafkthat Hypbthefis can be defended , but
firice ihe Cbrma,ov Hbrns; of the Worabjconvey the Foetus from
the Ovaria thither, to aflert ton that they likeWife carry the Semen
to them, to me feems very Prepofterous; bbfides Dr. Harvey
allures us, he1 has often immediately after Coition; differed the
Womb andit^dmaajtrtithever in thofe coifd1 difebver the leaftre-
lia of the Semen, which probably he might have^ohb *hM it been
only thrown there to tranfmit its Aura into thofe l Organs^ to
convey it to the Ovaria; again, if we confider the fiiiddain In-
difpofition of Periods after Conception ; The feVeral Hotedifary
Dittempers that attend many Births, as the Gout, Stone, Dropfy
and Confumption, can we imagine how thefe caufes fliou’d be
folved, unlefs we fuppofeHhe -very'febftance of tbe^Seqd'to be de-
pofited in theOva; for how an ^«m'lhou’d ever bring thefeabout
tome is unaccountable > But if; asfome defend^ Fsecundatibn is
effe&ed by Animalcules floating in the Semen , 'a-nd-that the
are only recipients to them, 1 wou’d then appeal to thofe Modern
Virtuofiy that efpoufe this Dodhrine, to folve ^fhe bf
Hereditary Diftempers , r and- enquire of them if thefe fmali
ffeminai Gentlemen p havb- not frequent fits of the Gout;
and are not fometinaes Hydropical and GonfumptiveBut
how Rational this is to imagine, I leave it to the World to
judge, but (hall rather'cbtt elude my felf, that the very fubftarice
of the Seed isdepofited in theOna, and that as that is tainted, fo
likewife is the Feetusy and hence Hereditary Diftempers arife.
But to return to the Hare, it is obfervable thofe bred upon Mo-
rafles, and Farts adjacent to the Sea-Coafts, are ufually the
fwifteft, though of the finalleft fize; But this their Velocity
may,I prefume, proceed irifome meafurefrom their Diet, which
as 1 have frequently found by diffettion, is a fhort dfy Gfafs,
and
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andifometiraes the fops-;bf Meaihs, and larks of Trees, whidh
Conftifeutrons, and! in feme
or Watr^ Rai(ts/bf the-Blood I iby-which- the Mufeles
oonfequently muft havedels prefure upon them , and doubtleft
the Lymphadu^s arfe fefe numerous' in thefe than in otherCrea-
twes, As to^fMibfdifferentT3 blo»s it%«obfervable thole1 in
Colder-Climes^ b f S ekla rid y afe
White k tG t e bufurtthc# G b iS fc thbjNftemfa (Bfbwif Co-
t eM w ? ® Colours by tte^iymils'are fobbed M
their-ExpeMmenfS'bn 'Sulphurwbieh'^y’^fferenF^gites of"
heat^pnsWhitebr Red, a ^ 4 #moredrK^'Bxakedyana*<&§.’
dering theDown ctf thefe Creatufes,abounds with I gfeaf qriabt^
of Bplphur 5 1 thisk-the conjecture not-irrational. Biftempefs
fnoft -ingidgnl^t© this Animal are oommorify in the Lf^^whieh
are HycteflieS;- or llifters upondts ‘Snp'effiefesj^pr-oeeediag detibt-
lefe from a Rupture or br^ehfofthe Gymphatiek Veflels in that
part, eccafian’d by violent running, arid afterwards the coldriefi
of the Earth too fuddenly ciofing the Pores, and ObftruCtirig
perfplration, heriee thofe Velfels beedrie diftended beyond a
natural Tone, and Burft-; This CFeaturd iiC^ighly commended
By -foe J* ^ i^ T b /1be«Healtiyy^ Noble;-and -iSferi^risFobd'
particularly by Ab-Heeirs^ of which in h\s:tyadacrem you may
fee a full and large aceount. Bat before
upori’ Cibadrupeds, I thought it not a mils to infert two Inftances,
£heyisheag not bnl^y uhiifual, but of great Importance, the firft
k e f t wo Perfons, who in a fmali Cottagb nbar Bkry in Lancafkirey
dyed of tfee finall Pox, during the whole time of their Sickne^
Two Cats for the meft part lay upon the feme Beds with the Patients,
in a little time after thefe Perfons had Expired ; Both
the Cats fell Siek, with the ufaal Symptoms in the Apparatus of
the fmali Pox, and fo regalarly^ proceeded to the State of Eruption
y arid Maturation, with Pufiules exactly like thofe in Hu»
man-kind;' at laft thofe fubfidedy and foon afterwards both the
Cats dyd; By this iriftance it is evident the fmali Pox is not a
Diftemper peculiar only to Human-kind; But why to Mankind
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