82 Some Inquiries and Remarks 



quite different Nature, Habit and Complexion ; having all of 

 them fmooth Skms ; and are likewife oviparous. Whereas the 

 others partake altogether of fuch Anions and Chara6lerifticks, 

 as are peculiar to the hair)>-viviparous-unclean Qiiadrupeds, 

 {Le^.ii.r, 3.) and would, ofCourfe, be included ^mongTbem. 

 Inftead oithQ Weafel therefore &c. may we not, with more 

 Propriety, joyn to this Clafs, the Toad, the Sfiail (or cochlea 

 terrejiris,) the Shink (or Kpo^wcTyA©- 1 xepa^©- LXX.) the Croco- 

 dile or other oviparous Animals, of the like prolific Nature 

 and Quality. 

 The Names But flill, thc greatcft Difficulty will lye in appropriating the 

 no"ea%'af- original Names, refpectively, tothefe, or (if they are not ap- 

 proved of,) to othtx Species, of the prolific o'viparous Ammcds, 

 that may be found more fuitable to them ; or more peculiar to 

 thefe Countries. Among the reft, however, it may be pre- 

 fumed, that (natron) Tinfameth, bears no fmall Relation to 

 Champ fa or Timfah, the Egfptian Appellation for the Crocodile \ 

 as {y^) Tzah and ( nx'oS ) Letaah have been already fuppofed, 

 (Trav. p. T4.9, XTO.) to be the Dhaal? and Taitah ; the-^r^^ic 

 Names, at this Time, of the Caudiiierhera and the Chameleon, 

 But how varioufly Interpreters have underftood the original 

 Names, of this Clafs of Animals, will fufficiently appear from 

 the general View, that is here given of them. 



Heb. 



LXX. 



Vulg. 



Syr. 



Pagn. 



Choltd uikber 



Muftela Mus 

 Id. Id. 



Id. Id. 



2)S 

 T^ab 



j4nakah 



HD 



hkdS 



Don 



Cuch Letaah Chomet Ttn-fa' 



meth 

 Kpoxa^H- Mv}ci\r] Xnficu- XcthaJ^u- "ZouufA hTTrnXa^ 



Croco- Mygale Chamas- Stellio Lacerta Talpa 

 dilus leon 



Id. Lacerta Talpa Sala- Stellio Centi- 



mandra peda 



Rubeta Viverra Lacerta Stellio Limax Talpa 



Jun.Trem. Id. 

 Boch. Talpa 



Id. 



Teftudo Attala- 

 bus 



Mus Crocodi- Steliio- 

 agreftis lus ter- nisGe- 

 reftris nus 



Id. 



Id. 



Glis 



Chamce- 

 leon 



Warral Lacerta Lacerta Chamse- 

 jirab. Stellioni arena- leon 

 fimilis ria 



Eng, WitiXzX spoufe JTortoift ^mzt ^&mt^^ 3lp5arJ> ^m\\ #ole 



But, 



