M^Murtrie^s Translation of the Regne Animal. 555 



lates the passage " Gerres, cuv. Mocharra, in South America" 

 diregarding his author, who expressly says, " chez les Espagnols 

 d'Amerique," and forgetting that country is also colonized by 

 Portuguese, and does not entirely consist of South America. 



Cuvier, at page 213, speaking of the Stroma teus of Linnaeus, 

 says, " leur aesophage est arme en dedans d' une quantite d'epines 

 qui tiennent a la veloutee par des racines disposees en rayons," 

 which is translated, at page 157, " attached to the velvet by ra- 

 diating roots." The term la veloutee is applied to masses of deli- 

 cate and extremely slender teeth, having a velvetty appearance, 

 which are peculiar to some fishes. 



At page 160, is another omission of a whole line on the article 

 Pteraclis. " Ce qui leur donne la forme d' une haute voile." 



At page 200, speaking of the cyprinus barbus, which Cuvier 

 observes is sometimes ten feet long — " dans les eaux claires et 

 vives" — he renders this last phrase, " in clear streams and fish- 

 ponds." These must be famous fishponds ! 



At page 214, nineteenth line, it is said, " The flesh, (of the 

 Silurus) which is fat, is employed in some places for the same 

 purposes as lard," which is not a translation of the passage in 

 Cuvier. " Sa chair est grasse, et on emploi en quelques endroits 

 son lard comme celui du pore." Itsfiesh is fat, and in some places 

 its lard is used like that of the hog." Dr. M'Murtrie would find 

 it difficult to persuade his housekeeper that hog's flesh and lard 

 are one and the same thing. 



At page 242, describing the Lepisosleus, he says, " The snout, 

 formed by the union of the intermaxillaries, maxillaries and 

 palatines with the vomer and ethmoid ; the lower jaw equal in 

 length, and the edges of both of them, their whole interior sur- 

 face being covered with rasp-like teeth, provided with a series 

 of long pointed teeth." This incomprehensible passage stands 

 thus in a literal translation. (Regne animal page 328.) The 

 Lepisosleus has a snout formed by the union of the intermaxillaries, 

 the maxillaries and the palatines, with the vomer and the ethmoid; 

 the lower jaw is equal to it in length ; and both of them, their entire 

 inner surface being bristled over with rasp-like teeth, have, on the 

 whole length of their bonders, a series of long pointed teeth. 



The whole Chapter at page 324, on Gasteropodus Mollusca, 

 is full of errors. 'La spire in the original, is rendered indiffer- 

 ently the spine or the Spire: at page 325, 11th line, the word 



