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stomach, and to _— rather than to cure, sea sickness. 
Wormwood was prescribed by Macer, and is calculated, by its 
astringent qualities, to ri the stomach, 
1. 63. Salsa, sauce. Ita 
1. 68. Occulatus, full of ais: The Italians speak of the occhi 
and lagrime of Parmasan cheese, the holes full of a rich liquor. 
s Ey ay oh res aig obstructions in the liver and spleen 
from suppa 
irae + Ehardibia. The bird designated by this strange word 
cuju 
answers to a woodcock, as it is ead i male ae ‘Hotta. 
By others it is Faia to be a corruption of Ortygometra, as 
it appears in many manuscripts, and all the later editions. This 
word is first found in Aristotle (De Hist. Animal. lib. viii. cap. 
12. or eed oprvysc—oray evrev0ey arraiwoy, cvvarratpEt 7 
oprvyo -'H de oprvyopnrpa TaparAnowe THY popony Tote 
Nidinie | eort, Pliny, (lib. x. cap. 23.), and Solinus (Polyhist. 
cap. 18.) have only copied Aristotle, Athenzus (Deip. lib. 9.) 
says, that it is of the size of a dove, with long legs, of a slender 
body, and a timid nature. Hesychius sestsies it by oprvé 
urepueyeOnc, a very large quail. And Alberti in his edition 
tom. ii. p. 
occurs in the Septuagint for the quails sent to the Israelites in 
the wilderness, Exodus chap. xii. v. 13, etc. See Biel. Lex. 
Kat eyevero — kat ave3n oporvyountoa, Kae exadule 
THY Tape 
Of the cata: Aldrovandus says it is il Re delle quaglie, or 
Roy des Cailles, and gives a figure of it, which is that of a large 
quail. Camus, the French translator of Aristotle, renders it 
ee | eee 
