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. XXXIV. River Fish and Pond Fish. Pisces Fluviatiles & Lacustres. [Illustration] A _Fish_ hath _Fins_, 1. with which it swimmeth, and _Gills_, 2. by which it taketh breath, _Piscis_ habet _Pinnas_, 1. quibus natat; & _Branchias_, 2. quibus respirat; and _Prickles_ instead of bones: besides the _Male_ hath a _Milt_, and the _Female_ a _Row_. & _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_, Alii hujus generis sunt _Perca_, _Alburnus_, _Mullus_, (Barbus) the _Esch_, the _Trout_, the _Gudgeon_, and _Trench_, 11. _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. XXXV. Sea-fish, and Shell-fish. Marini pisces & Conchæ. [Illustration] The _Whale_, 1. is the greatest of the Sea-fish. _Balæna_, (Cetus) 1. maximus Piscium marinorum. The _Dolphin_, 2. the swiftest. _Delphinus_, 2. velocissimus. The _Scate_, 3. the most monstrous. _Raia_, 3. monstrosissimus. Others are the _Lamprel_, 4. the _Salmon_, or the _Lax_, 5. Alii sunt _Murænula_, 4. _Salmo_, (Esox) 5. There are also fish that flie, 6. Dantur etiam volatiles, 6.