[2591] See B. xxv. c. 97.
[2592] The same is said of a frog’s tongue, in B. xxxii. c. 18.
[2593] That is no reason, as Ajasson remarks, why the egg should not be found, it being easy to take it from the nest at night, when, the bird being absent, no ill omen will arise from seeing it.
[2594] We still see bats nailed upon and over stable doors in various parts of this country.
[2595] “Carduus.”
[2596] A sort of spider. See B. xi. cc. 24, 28, 29.
[2597] In c. 16 of this Book.
[2598] “Lupus.” See B. xi. c. 28.
[2599] The Tarantula has been suggested, but that is a native of Italy.
[2600] “Atocium.”