142 II. ANIMALS.— Pisces. 



Flesh not inferior to that of the green turtle. — Land tortoise^ T. 

 Grceca ; — Guiana dragon^ Draccena Guianensis, Flesh and eggs 

 used as food. 



Guana, Iguana delicatissima. Flesh delicious, antivenereal, 

 preserved by salting. 



Skink, Scincus officinalis. Flesh dried, salted, and powdered, 

 alexiterial. 



Hyla tinctoria. Blood used to rub on the skin of paro- 

 quets to cause the growth of various coloured feathers. 



Gibbous frog, Green frog^ Rana esculenta. Flesh of the hind 

 thighs used as restorative food. 



Surinam FROG. Rana paradoxa, Tadpole, frog Jish, Jackie, 

 flesh used as food. 



Toad, Bufo vulgaris. Flesh of the hind thighs sold for that 

 of the green frog. 



5. SERPENTES. 



Bite of many of these animals mortal ; the best remedy is a 

 bottle of Madeira wine drank at two doses, with only a few mi- 

 nutes' interval, or an equally large dose of any strong spirituous 

 or fermented liquor ; ** or camphor and ammonia with Cayenne 

 pepper. Also ligatures should be applied above the bites, or 

 cupping glasses over them. Repeated suction with the mouth 

 preferable to both." Inoculation with the juice of vejuco, Pre- 

 nanthes serpentaria, renders persons insensible to this poison. 



Viper, Vipera, Coluber berus. Flesh along with the heart, 

 liver, and blood, in all about four oz. with three quarters of a 

 pint of water, made into a restorative decoction ; has given way 

 in England to turtle soup ; dried vipers, vipercB siccce, headed, 

 gutted, skinned, abdominal fat removed for separate use, and 

 dried, made into lozenges. 



6. PISCES. 



Some of these are poisonous at all times, others only occasion- 

 ally ; but the greater number are eaten with safety : the nature 

 of this fish poison is unknown. 



Sea lamprey, Lampar eel, Petromyzon marinus; — Lesser 

 lamprey, Nine-eyed eel, P, fluviatilis ; — Pride, Lampern, P. bran" 

 chialis. Flesh glutinous, preserved, potted lampreys, by pepper- 

 ing so highly that it often produces an access of fever, as Henry 

 II. found, and paid for his luxury with his life. 



Skate, Flare, Blue skate. Grey skate, Raia batis ; — White skate. 

 Friar skate. May skate, R. oxyrinchus ; — Thornback, R, clavata. 

 Flesh nutritive, salted, and dried for exportation. 



