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.

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