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ment 40.
ment 40.
TO ſatisfie our ſelves in ſome meaſure,
about the account upon which Reſpira
tion is ſo neceſſary to the Animals, that
Nature hath furniſh'd with Lungs, we
took (being then unable to procure any
other lively Bird, ſmall enough to be put
into the Receiver) a Lark, one of whoſe
Wings had been broken by a ſhot, of a
Man that we had ſent to provide us ſome
Birds for our Experiment; but notwith
ſtanding this hurt, the Lark was very
lively, and did, being put into the Recei
ver, divers times ſpring up in it to a good
height. The Veſſel being haſtily, but
carefully cloſ'd, the Pump was diligently
ply'd, and the Bird for a while appear'd
lively enough; but upon a greater Ex
ſuction of the Air, ſhe began manifeſtly
to droop and appear ſick, and very ſoon
after was taken with as violent and irregu
lar Convulſions, as are wont to be ob
ſerv'd in Poultry, when their heads are
wrung off: For the Bird threw her ſelf
over and over two or three times, and dy
ed with her Breaſt upward, her Head
downwards, and her Neck awry. And
though upon the appearing of theſe Con-
about the account upon which Reſpira
tion is ſo neceſſary to the Animals, that
Nature hath furniſh'd with Lungs, we
took (being then unable to procure any
other lively Bird, ſmall enough to be put
into the Receiver) a Lark, one of whoſe
Wings had been broken by a ſhot, of a
Man that we had ſent to provide us ſome
Birds for our Experiment; but notwith
ſtanding this hurt, the Lark was very
lively, and did, being put into the Recei
ver, divers times ſpring up in it to a good
height. The Veſſel being haſtily, but
carefully cloſ'd, the Pump was diligently
ply'd, and the Bird for a while appear'd
lively enough; but upon a greater Ex
ſuction of the Air, ſhe began manifeſtly
to droop and appear ſick, and very ſoon
after was taken with as violent and irregu
lar Convulſions, as are wont to be ob
ſerv'd in Poultry, when their heads are
wrung off: For the Bird threw her ſelf
over and over two or three times, and dy
ed with her Breaſt upward, her Head
downwards, and her Neck awry. And
though upon the appearing of theſe Con-