[146] The Crab. This is giving the serpent credit for too much wisdom; an acquaintance, in fact, with the fantastic names which mankind have bestowed upon the signs of the Zodiac.
[147] See B. ix. c. 32.
[148] The same as the Orbis or Orthagoriscus of Chapters [5] and [9] of this Book, the Mola or sun-fish of the Mediterranean. See B. ix. c. 17.
[149] Or sting-ray. See B. ix. c. 72.
[150] There is considerable truth in this observation.
[151] The sea-horse, the Syngnathus hippocampus of Linnæus. See B. ix. c. 1.
[152] See B. xxi. c. 105.
[153] The same, probably, as the “opocarpathon” of B. xxviii. c. 45, a substance which does not appear to have been identified with any degree of certainty. See also c. [31] of the present Book.
[154] B. ix. c. 79.
[155] Ajasson remarks that these statements are consistent with fact.