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CLASSES. GROWTH. sap athe ss OFFSPRING. 
Quick. Long. Numerous. 
Mouse, 3 months. | Elephant, roo yrs. Swine, 12 to 20. 
Hare, 1 year. Lion, 7o. Rabbits, 6 to 8. 
Sheep, ditto. Horse, 30. Few. 
MAMMALIA. Slow. Short. Lion, 4. 
Oran Otan, 20 yrs. Mouse, 3 or 4. Horse, Cow, &c. 
Elephant, 18. Hare, 7 to 11. rarely more than 1. 
Horse, 5. 
Lion, 5. 
Quick. Long. Numerous. 
Passeres, 3 to 4 Swan, 150 years. Parus caudatus, 
months. Eagle and Raven, 16 to 18. 
Slow. 100. Few. 
AVES. Eagles, 1 year. Short. Eagle, 1. 
Swans, I year. Pigeons & Finches. 
Many not in ma- 10 to 20. 
ture plumage till 
2 or 3 years. | 
Quick. Long. Numerous. 
Serpents and Frogs. | Tortoises, 120 yrs. Testudo Mydas, 
AMPHIBIA. Slow. Toad, 36. eggs, 1000. 
Tortoises and Tur- Short. Crocodile, 100. 
tles. Frog, 10 or 12. Few. 
Viper, 10. 
‘a Quick. Long. Numerous. 
Minnows and Gud- Pike and Carp, Roe of a Herring, 
geons, 6 months. above 200. 10,000, 
PISCEs. Slow. Short. Few. 
Salmon, 3 years. Minnow, 3 years. Rays and Sharks 
Shark, ditto. One at a time. 
Pike, ditto. 
Quick. Long. Numerous. 
Prawns & Shrimps. | Probably the larger. | Lobster, 10,000. 
Slow. Short. Few. 
CRUSTACEA. Lobsters. Probably the Scorpion, 50 to 100. 
| smaller. 
Quick. Long. Numerous. 
Ephemera. Some 2 years. Fleas, Lepidoptera, 
Slow. Short. Bees. 
INSECTA. The larger Scara- | Some barely 2 days. Few. 
bei. Grubs. Apis Muraria, 8 
Some 5 years. cells with an egg 
Some 5 mouths. in each. 
Sate Quick. Long. Numerous. 
Slugs. Probably the larger. | The smaller Snails. 
Slow. Short. Fewer. 
MoLuusca. Marine Testacea. Probably the The larger. 
smaller. 
Gordius revives 
after it has been 
dried. 
4 Quick. Long. Numerous. 
Annuals. Oak, Yew, and Ce- Poppy. 
Slow. dar, 1000 years. Few. 
PLANT. Perennials. Indian Fig, 2000. | Drupe, Bilocular, 
Short. &e. 
Annuals, Biennials, 
&e. 

