Excerpt from Amphibiorum Physiologiae Specimen Primum Cofiarum, ficut faciunt ferpentum genera per omnes fuas diner fitates quae multae funt valde. Quaecunque tamen harum aquatica funt propter frigidum congelans fpiritum et humidnm minus fu'nt afiuta. Ea autem quae repunt [icut quadrupedia, quamuis omnes habeant l'enfus, minus tamen ferpentibus vigent el'timatione et memoriis, propter ipforum maiorem terreilreita tem et minus fubtile humidum. Omnia tamen haec et huius modi animalia imperfe&ionem hanc habere videntur, quod ...
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Excerpt from Amphibiorum Physiologiae Specimen Primum Cofiarum, ficut faciunt ferpentum genera per omnes fuas diner fitates quae multae funt valde. Quaecunque tamen harum aquatica funt propter frigidum congelans fpiritum et humidnm minus fu'nt afiuta. Ea autem quae repunt [icut quadrupedia, quamuis omnes habeant l'enfus, minus tamen ferpentibus vigent el'timatione et memoriis, propter ipforum maiorem terreilreita tem et minus fubtile humidum. Omnia tamen haec et huius modi animalia imperfe&ionem hanc habere videntur, quod non habent perfe&a motus procefiiui organa. Mobilitas enim colla rur-n efi: ex hoc, quod immediate in ferpentibus cofiae nuchae fpondilium infiguntur; a mucha autem ei'r vis proce iui mutua corpore ad neruos inde exortos dire&a; quae fi adeo perfe&a effet in his ficut in grellilibus vel voladlibus, non confortaretur ramen immediate coniun&is, fed formaret etiam organa pedum et in ueret his motum, ficutfatitin aliis. Huius rei autem et alia cauta efi, quae efi propter melius. Longa enim valde huius modi animalia corpora habentia pancia pedibus ad portandum corpus iuuari non pofi'unt; propter quod etiam quaecunque ex his breuiora funt, vc lacerta, et cocodilli et fiellio quatuor re punt pedibus et Vt maior pars corporis fulciatur, totam cruris longicudinem trahunt fuper cerram, quoniam fi tantum extremi tatem pedis terrae infigerent haec animalia longa inter anterio res et pofieriores pedes protenl'a pars corporis ad impedimen tumeorporis dependeret. Natura autem femper meliori modo procedit. Difi'erunt autem ferpentia ab huiusmodi repentibus in hoc, quod ferpentia fui corporis quam vol�nt erigunt par. Tem anteriorem, quod non faciunt repentia. Sed in hoc con ueniunt, quod rorato et circumdu�io corpore tam - haec quam illa longum fuam corpus retro refpiciu'nr; quod tamen non conuenh breu�bus horum, ficut ranae et bufoni et huiusmodi generibus repencium. Adhuc antern quaecunque longa funt, diu viuuut abfcifi'a propter fui corporis fimilem fere per omnia compofirionem et complexionem: propter quod etiam caudae abfci 'ae recrei'cunt aiiquantulum. Haec autem et huiusmodi fquamol'a propter duritiem fquamarum quurn antiquantur fre queuter mutant pelles et deponunt eas, eur gemmari mut3nt. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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