Creatures that live as well by Water as by Land.
Amphibia.
| Creatures that live by land and by water, are | Viventia in terrâ & aquâ, sunt |
| The Crocodile, 1. a cruel and preying Beast of the River Nilus; | Crocodilus, 1. immanis & prædatrix bestia Nili fluminis; |
| The Castor or Beaver, 2. having feet like a Goose, and a scaly tail to swim. | Castor, (Fiber) 2. habens pedes anserinos & squameam Caudam ad natandum. |
| The Otter, 3. | Lutra, 3. |
| The croaking Frog, 4. with the Toad. | & coaxans Rana, 4. cum Bufone. |
| The Tortoise, 5. covered above and beneath with shells, as with a target. | Testudo, 5. Operta & infra, testis, ceu scuto. |
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River Fish and Pond Fish.
Pisces Fluviatiles & Lacustres.
| A Fish hath Fins, 1. with which it swimmeth, and Gills, 2. by which it taketh breath, and Prickles instead of bones: besides the Male hath a Milt, and the Female a Row. | Piscis habet Pinnas, 1. quibus natat; & Branchias, 2. quibus respirat; & Spinas loco ossium: præterea, Mas Lactes, Fœmina Ova. |
| Some have Scales. as the Carp, 3. and the Luce or Pike, 4. | Quidam habent Squamas, ut Carpio, 3. Lucius, (Lupus) 4. |
| Some are sleek as the Eel, 5. and the Lamprey, 6. | Alii sunt glabri, ut, Anguilla, 5. Mustela, 6. |
| The Sturgeon, 7. having a sharp snout, groweth beyond the length of a Man. | Accipenser (Sturio), 7. mucronatus, crescit ultra longitudinem viri. |
| The Sheath-fish, 8. having wide Cheeks, is bigger than he: | Silurus, 8. bucculentus, major illo est: |
| But the greatest, is the Huson, 9. | Sed maximus Antaseus (Huso,) 9. |
| Minews, 10. swimming by shoals, are the least. | Apuæ, 10. natantes gregatim, sunt minutissimæ. |
| Others of this sort are the Perch, the Bley, the Barbel, the Esch, the Trout, the Gudgeon, and Trench, 11. | Alii hujus generis sunt Perca, Alburnus, Mullus, (Barbus) Thymallus, Trutta, Gobius, Tinca, 11. |
| The Crab-fish, 12. is covered with a shell, and it hath Claws, and crawleth forwards and backwards. | Cancer, 12. tegitur crusta, habetque chelas, & graditur porro & retrò. |
| The Horse-leech, 13. sucketh blood. | Hirudo, 13. sugit sanguinem. |