CONTENTS. XV11 



LETTER LVJII. 



Crnstaceous Animals The Lobster Crab Land Crab Sol- 

 dier Crab - The Tortoise Kind The Laud Tortoise 

 Turtle and its Varieties Testaceous Fishes The Oyster 

 Account of the Pearl-Fishery. - - - - - 071 



LETTER LIX. 



Reptiles The Frog Toad Crocodile -Combats between 

 the Crocodile and the Tigt-r IVtode of catching Crocodiles 

 among the Siamese Of taming them The Salamander 

 Chameleon Inguana. - . 377 



LETTER LX. 



Serpents Characteristics General Remarks The Liboya 

 Rattle Snake Common Snakq Viper Glow Wojm Re- 

 flections. ........ 383 



LETTER LXI. 



Insects Characteristic General Remarks The Scorpion 

 Silk Worm Mi-inner of keeping Silk Worms Their Man- 

 ner of spinning Silk Commercial Importance oCjthis Insect 

 The Bee floating bee-houses The Locus>t- -Destruc- 

 tive Visits of this Insect Hydra. .... 388 



LETTER LXII. 



Conclusion, consisting of religious and rnoraj Reflections. - 31?5 



