[136] Projections of the bones in which the eyes are set, as Dalechamps remarks.
[137] “Plenæ veneficiorum.” It was long a matter of doubt whether the toad is really poisonous, but it has been recently ascertained that the pustules on the skin contain a most active poison.
[138] “Solium” and “oleum” are the readings here, but we adopt the conjecture of M. Ian, and substitute “ollam.”
[139] “Averting dogs.”
[140] The Enhydris, probably. See B. xxx. c. 8.
[141] See B. xxvi. c. 33.
[142] “Cancri fluviatiles.” Our crawfish, the Potamobios of Leach.
[143] See B. xix. cc. 31, 36, 44, and B. xx. c. 48.
[144] It is difficult to say whether he means the shrew-mouse here, the bite of which was supposed to be poisonous, or the serpent called Scytale, mentioned by Lucan, B. ix. l. 717.