The Preface.

Jar ; and instead of affirming, for instance, that the Bear has Fifty-two Kidnyes on each fide, we fay only that a Bear which we dis-sected had the Conformation thereof very particular ; and in defcribe-ing it, if we testifie our Admiration that no one has made this re-mark, and that even those who have made the Anatomy of theseAnimals are silent therein ; it is because that we suppoic that Na-ture, who rarely sports her self in the conformation of the Princi-pal Parts, has formed the Kidnyes of other Bears after the sameFashion, as we have found them in our SubjeSl.

In the Description of rare Animals, which do come from For-reign Countries, we have have been particularly careful to repre-sent their external Form exactly, and to denote the size and pro-portion of all the Parts seen without the Dissection: Because theseare things almost as little known, as what is within the Body. Thefamiliar Animals are otherwise described : For the bigness, form,and situation of their parts, as well exterior as interior are compar-ed to those of Man, whom we do establish as the Ru le of the Pro-portion of all the AnimalsNot that we do think that he is abso-lutely better proportioned than the most deformed Beast: Becausethat the Perfection of every thing depends upon the Rela tion it hasto the End for which it is made; And it is true, that the Ears of anAjse, and the Snout of a Hog , are parts as admirably well propor-tioned, for the uses to which Nature has designed them, as all thoseof Mans Visage are, to give him the Majesty and Dignity of theLord of all the Creatures: But it is necessary to agree of some oneMeasure and Module , as is observed in Archite&ure : And conside-ring the whole Universe as a great and statley Edifice, which hasseveral Apartments of a different structure, the proportions of themost Noble are pitcht upon for the Regulating all the rest. So thatwhen it is said, for Example that a Dog has a long head, little sto-mach, and the legg all of one thickness, it is onely in comparingthese parts with those which are sound of the fame kind in Man.We do likewise describe all the parts of Man’s Body, altho’ thereare not so many new things to speak of, as those of other Animals;it being very difficult to add any thing to the Ancients and Moderns,who have handled this Matter with all the exactness immaginable,and with a success comparable to the Grandure and Dignity of theSubject. To a great number of particular Observations which wehave made, we added all the other Remarks which are common to

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