II. ANIMALS.— Reptilia. 141 



Narwhal, Unicorn fohy Monodon vulgaris. Tusk, unicorns 

 nm, cornu vnicornu, C. monoceratis, A very fine ivory ; yields 

 blubber. 



FiXKs. The membranous remains of blubber, from whence 

 fish oil has been drained ; made into animal charcoal. 



2. AVES. 



Flesh and eggs uutritive. 



*CoMMOX FOWL, PJuisianus r/allus^ Galhis domesticiis, G. f/alli- 

 fiaccus. Flesh restorative, delicate ; eggs, ova gallinacea^ kept in 

 a cellar, in a pan with water and slaked lime, or in brine, or 

 covered with a coat of oil or butter. 



*Tu RKEY, Melccup'is f/allopavo. Rough inner skin of the giz- 

 zard salted and dried, turkcij rennet, gaUiiio, used to curdle milk 

 for cheese, makes a finer curd than calves'' rennet. 



Quail, Tetrao coturnix. Imported from Turkey preserved in 

 il, and from Cagliari potted with clarified butter. 



Carolina pigeons, Columha miifratoria. Yield an oil. 



•Raven, Cormis corax. Pen feathers of the wings, croio quills. 



Ostrich, Strufhio camelus. Feathers preserved by dipping in 

 a mixture of one gallon of lime water with five of clear spring 

 water, and drying or stoving them ; from Africa. 



*GoosE, Alias ans'T, Anser domesticus. Flesh nutritive, pen 

 feathers of the wings, r/uills, prepared with lime water, hardened 

 by fire, barrels colourea with dilute nitric acid ; from Germany. 

 Its fat is used. 



*Soland goose, Anns suh, Sulci rdhrr. Salted and dried for 

 food, salted f/eese, very fishy to the taste. 



4. REPTILIA. 



Greek turtle, Chelonia mydas. Flesh highly nutritive, and 

 restorative ; has succeeded to the place of viper broth. 



Hawks-bill turtle. Flesh produces fever and dysentery ; 

 'eggs esteemed as food ; scales of the shell, tortoise shell, turtle shell, 

 prepared by softening, in warm water, and pressing between hqlj^* 

 iron plates, used in cabinetwork ; from the East Indies, 1/. ids. 

 to 2/. the lb. 



Loggerhead turtlk, Mediterranean turtle. Flesh coarse, 

 rank, but eaten ; scales very thin, but used in cabinet-work; fat 



teited into oil. 

 Mud tortoise, Testudo lutaria, Testndo, C. P. Flesh re- 

 orative ; the best summer meat in warm countries, the cattle 

 sing thin from the irritation of insects, and poultry rank from 

 the quantity of worms they pick up. — Fierce tortoise, T* ferox. 



