110 NATURALISTS CABINET. 



Singularity of its figure. 



The ancients, probably impressed by the singu- 

 larity of its figure, entertained an opinion that 

 the sea-horse was exceedingly venomous. " On 

 the sea-coast near Pozzuoli, in Italy/' says a mo- 

 dern traveller, " are found certain little dried 

 animals called cavalli marini, about the length 

 of ones thumb; its head resembles a horse's, and 

 its body terminates in a tail like that of a shrimp. 

 The ladies make use of them to increase their 

 milk." 



