Latin language -- Readers; Natural history -- Juvenile literature; Picture books for children
The Shaggy _Bear_, 4.
Villosus _Ursus_, 4.
The ravenous _Wolf_, 5.
Rapax _Lupus_, 5.
The quick sighted _Ounce_, 6.
_Lynx_, 6. visu pollens,
The tayled _fox_, 7.
the craftiest of all.
Caudata _Vulpes_, 7.
astutissima _omnium_.
The _Hedge-hog_, 8.
is prickly.
_Erinaceus_, 8.
est aculeatus.
The _Badger_, 9.
delighteth in holes.
_Melis_, 9.
gaudet latebris.
XXXI.
Serpents and Creeping things.
Serpentes & Reptilia.
[Illustration]
_Snakes_ creep
by winding themselves;
_Angues_ repunt
sinuando se;
The _Adder_, 1.
in the wood;
_Coluber_, 1.
in Sylvâ;
The _Water-snake_, 2.
in the water;
_Natrix_, (hydra) 2.
in Aquâ;
The _Viper_, 3.
amongst great stones.
_Vipera_, 3.
in saxis;
The _Asp_, 4. in the fields.
_Aspis_, 4, in campis.
The _Boa_, (or Mild-snake) 5.
in Houses.
_Boa_, 5.
in Domibus.
The _Slow-worm_, 6.
is blind.
_Cæcilia_, 6.
est cœca.
The _Lizzard_, 7.
and the _Salamander_, 8.
(that liveth long in fire)
have feet.
_Lacerta_, 7.
_Salamandra_, 8.
(in igne vivax,)
habent pedes.
The _Dragon_, 9.
_a winged Serpent_,
killeth with his Breath.
_Draco_, 9.
_Serpens alatus_,
necat halitu.
The _Basilisk_, 10.
with his Eyes;
_Basiliscus_, 10.
Oculis;
And the _Scorpion_, 11.
with his poysonous tail.
_Scorpio_, 11.
venenatâ caudâ.
XXXII.
Crawling-Vermin.
Insecta repentia.
[Illustration]
_Worms_ gnaw _things_.
_Vermes_, rodunt _res_.
The _Earth-worm_, 1.
the Earth.
_Lumbricus_, 1.
terram.
The _Caterpillar_, 2.
the Plant.
_Eruca_, 2.
plantam.
The _Grashopper_, 3.
the Fruits.
_Cicada_, 3.
Fruges.
The _Mite_, 4. the Corn.
_Circulio_, 4. Frumenta.
The _Timber-worm_, 5.
Wood.
_Teredo_, (cossis) 5.
Ligna.
The _Moth_, 6. a garment.
_Tinea_, 6. vestem.
The _Book-worm_, 7.
a Book.
_Blatta_, 7.
Librum.
_Maggots_, 8.
Flesh and Cheese.
_Termites_, 8.
carnem & caseum.
_Hand-worms_, the Hair.
_Acari_, Capillum.
The skipping _Flea_, 9.
the _Lowse_, 10.
and the stinking _Wall-louse_, 11.
bite us.
Saltans _Pulex_, 9.
_Pediculus_, 10.
fœtans _Cimex_, 11.
mordent nos.
The _Tike_, 12.
is a blood-sucker.
_Ricinus_, 12.
sanguisugus est.
The _Silk-worm_, 13.
maketh silk.
_Bombyx_, 13.
facit sericum.
The _Pismire_, 14.
is painful.
_Formica_, 14.
est laboriosa.
The _Spider_, 15.
weaveth a Cobweb,
nets for flies.
_Aranea_, 15.
texit Araneum,
retia muscis.
The _Snail_, 16.
carrieth about her Snail-horn.
_Cochlea_, 16.
circumfert testam.
XXXIII.
Creatures that live as well by Water as by Land.
Amphibia.
[Illustration]
Creatures that live
by land and by water, are
Viventia
in terrâ & aquâ, sunt
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