NATUEAL HISTOBT OP LAKE TJEMI. 37?? 



margue ("cat of the marsh"); sharvelta, gaza lake; garkha diama ; khazel, 

 separmari ; jeho; gogtatan ; djaroura; alidji ; djelkima ; kadare; angourte ;^ 

 djakha, P. (sparrow or owl) ; hogare ; vaga, P. ; metloue. 



E,EPTILTA. 



Lizards belonging "1 masousta, N.S. (mesaze in Stoddard), 

 to various genera: I jdelourin. 

 Eumeces,Phryno- f mgadia goudaye. 



cephalus, &c J kemkema. 



Snake khouve, O.S. 



„ khouve dkanouchta, O.S. "Serpent du ballet," grey, 



poisonous. 



„ api. (?=hysena.) Said to bleat like a goat. 



„ jira mar. Long, thin, crawls very fast. 



„ khelda. Very poisonous. 



„ soia. Pointed head, creeps in a straight line. 



Tortoise qaraia, N.S. (Stoddard). 



Amphibia. 

 Frog piqqa, paqe, N.S. (Stoddard). 



Pisces. 



Fish with barbels . nuna oursa. " Male fish," with moustaches. 

 Fish without 



barbels nuna niqua, O.S. " Female fish," without moustaches, 



Silurus glanis naqe, N.S. (Stoddard). " Whales," occur at Solduz. 



Insecta. 



Insects bajouji (or rakhsha), N.S. (Stoddard). From rkhish, tO' 



creep. 



Caterpillar terterra, N.S. (Stoddard). 



Locust, Cricket, or 



Grrasshopper ... kamsa, O.S. 



Mole-cricket qerwa khmare (lit. = " Ass's scorpion"). 



Earwig karsu. 



Flea perta'ne, O.S. 



Myriopods madala, O.S. 



Fly. didwa, N.S. (Stoddard). 



Aeachitida. 



Spider ... zakra garde, O.S., shikra dmaia. 



Scorpion agerwa, O.S. 



Galeodes harapasse. = " Reptiles " in O.S. 



Crustacea. 

 Crabs, Crayfish ... kedjala. 



Woodlouse 'arsha. 



Vermes. 



Intestinal worms . kurkana, N.S. (Stoddard). 



Leech zalu. 



Earthworm or sekteara, O.S., or sikta dar'a. Lit., a pointed stake or 

 Long worm. ploughshare of the ground in Old Syriac. 



Hairy worm spadita dkhouve, O.S. Spadita is derived from O.S. word 



for "pillow." 



