[History of Glasgow, &c. Contents] Of the Primitive Christian Church.  AT what particular time Christianity was first made known in Scotland, cannot be easily determined. It is not improbable, however, that it had sure footing in North Britain, in the third, and fourth centuries. But, as pagan druidism could not have been at once extirpated, … Continue reading Sect. II., pp.13-14. →

[History of Glasgow, &c. Contents] Of the Heathen or Pagan church.  THE Romans have described the priesthood of the ancient inhabitants of Britain, by the name of Druids; and the religion of Druidism is supposed to have prevailed over the whole island. From the Greeks, and Romans, we have derived the only information which we … Continue reading Sect. I., pp.5-13. →

[IndyLive Research Contents] As it’s Pride season, with MardiGla just having taken place in Glasgow there, I thought we’d get into how those found to be attracted to the same sex have been treated throughout our history. I did turn up in my rainbow unicorn onesie to see off the rainbow clad marchers, though I … Continue reading  🌈Pride in Scottish History 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 →

[Notes on the Black Book Contents]    Master John Layng, whose name is written on the Abridgment of the Black Book of Paisley, was rector of Kilpatrick-Juxta, in the deanery of Annandale, in 1539. On Thursday, 16th October, of that year, he was present at a meeting of the Dean and Chapter of Glasgow, when … Continue reading Note E. – John Layng, Rector of Kilpatrick-Juxta and Parson of Luss, pp.93-99. →

[Notes on the Black Book Contents]    Of both Canon Gibson and John Gibson Junior, there are several notices in the Registers of Glasgow. In 1496 the former appears as Chamberlain of Glasgow, and Canon, (Reg. Episcop., Glasg., II. p. 2), and next year he is again mentioned. (Ib. II., p. 496.) On 10th May, … Continue reading Note D. – Canon Gibson and John Gibson Junior, pp.92-93. →

[Notes on the Black Book Contents]    Vicesimo Nono Martij, anno 1574. Anent our souerane lordis letrez purchest at ye instance of Claud Hammiltoun, commendator of Paisley and convent thairof, aganis Robert Lord Symple, makand mentioun that quhair in ye lait trublis bi past ye said Robert Symple obtenit and gat in his handis ye … Continue reading Note C. – Decreet Respecting the Black Book of Paisley, pp.91-92. →

[Notes on the Black Book Contents]    John de Burdeus, de Burgundia, or cum Barba1 was a citizen of Leodium (Liege), and professor of medicine there about the middle of the fourteenth century. He was an astrologer as well as a physician, and, like Chaucer’s Doctor of Physic,2 ...   "He was grounded in Astronomye,  He … Continue reading Note B – John De Burdeus, or De Burgundia; The Pestilence, pp.79-91. →

[Notes on the Black Book Contents]    Sir George Mackenzie does not give any authority for his statement as to the use of the term, “Black Book.” It was one in common use, but not appropriated, I think, to a monastic chronicle. The volumes in which episcopal and monastic bodies and municipal corporations copied the … Continue reading Note A. – Black Book, pp.77-79. →

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[Scenery & Songs Contents] O Raging Fortune’s Withering Blast.  Words by Burns.  Air by Tam Linn.  Arranged by Finlay Dun.  -  O raging fortune’s withering blast,  Has laid my leaf full low!  O raging fortune’s withering blast,  Has laid my leaf full low.  -  My stem was fair, my bud was green,  My blossom sweet … Continue reading O Raging Fortune’s Withering Blast →

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[Scenery & Songs Contents] Here’s a Health to ane I Lo’e Dear.  Words by Burns.  Arranged by Finlay Dun.  -  Here’s a health to ane I lo’e dear,  Here’s a health to ane I lo’e dear;  Thou art sweet as the smile when fond lovers meet,  And soft as their parting tear, Jessie!  Although thou maun … Continue reading Here’s a Health to ane I Lo’e Dear →

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[Scenery & Songs Contents] Charlie is My Darling.  Arranged by John S. Macgregor.  -  Oh! Charlie is my darling, my darling,  Oh! Charlie is my darling, The young Chevalier.  -  ‘Twas on a monday morning,  Right early in the year,  When Charlie came to our town.  The young Chevalier.  -  Oh! Charlie is my darling, … Continue reading Charlie is My Darling →

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[Scenery & Songs Contents] Pibroch of Donuil Dhu.  Words by Sir Walter Scott.  Arranged by John S. Macgregor.  -  Pibroch of Donuil Dhu,  Pibroch of Donuil,  Wake thy wild voice anew,  Summon clan Conuil.  Come away, Come away, Hark to the summons!  Come in your war array, Gentles and commons.  Come away, Come away, Hark … Continue reading Pibroch of Donuil Dhu →

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[Scenery & Songs Contents] Gloomy Winter’s Now Awa’.  Words by Tannahill.  Arranged by John S. Macgregor.  -  Gloomy winter’s now awa’,  Saft the westlin’ breezes blaw;  ‘Mang the birks o’’ Stanly shaw,  The mavis sings fu’ cheerie, O.  Sweet the crawflow’rs early bell,  Decks Gleniffer’s dewy dell,  Blooming like thy bonny sel’,  My young my … Continue reading Gloomy Winter’s Now Awa’ →

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[Scenery & Songs Contents] Saw Ye My Wee Thing?  The Words by Hector Macneil Esq.  Air - Bonnie Dundee.  Arranged by Finlay Dun.  -  Saw ye my wee thing? Saw ye my ain thing?  Saw ye my true love down on yon lea?  Cross’d she the meadow yestreen at the gloamin’?  Sought she the burnie … Continue reading Saw Ye My Wee Thing? →

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[Scenery & Songs Contents] When Wild Wars Deadly Blast was Blawn.  Words by Burns.  Arranged by Finlay Dun.  -  When wild wars deadly blast was blawn,  And gentle peace returning,  And eyes again with pleasure beam’d  That had been blear’d with mourning;  I left the lines and tented field,  Where lang I’d been a lodger,  … Continue reading When Wild Wars Deadly Blast was Blawn →

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[Scenery & Songs Contents] My Boy Tammy.  Words by Hector MacNeill Esq.  Arranged by John S. Macgregor.  -  Whaur hae ye been a’ day, My boy Tammy?  Whaur hae ye been a’ day, My boy Tammy?  I’ve been by burn and flow’ry brae,  Meadow green and mountain grey,  Courtin’ o’ this young thing,  Just come … Continue reading My Boy Tammy →

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[Scenery & Songs Contents] My Nannie O.  Words by Burns.  Arranged by Finlay Dun.  -  Behind you hills where Lugar flows,  ‘Mang muirs and mosses many, O,  The wintry sun the day has closed,  And I’ll awa to Nannie O.  The westlin’ wind blaws loud and shrill,  The night’s baith mirk and rainy, O,  But … Continue reading My Nannie O →

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[Scenery & Songs Contents] Of a’ the Airts the Wind can Blaw.  Words by Burns.  Air by Wm. Marshall.  Arranged by Finlay Dun.  -  Of a’ the airts the wind can blaw,  I dearly like the west,  For there the bonnie lassie lives,  The lass that I lo’e best,  Tho’ wild woods grow, and rivers … Continue reading Of a’ the Airts the Wind can Blaw →

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[Scenery & Songs Contents] The Braes o’ Balquhither.  Arranged by Finlay Dun.  -  Let us go, lassie go,  To the braes of Balquhither,  Where the blae berries grow  ‘Mang the bonnie highland heather.  Where the deer and the rae  Lightly bounding together,  Sport the lang summer day  On the braes o’ Balquhither  -  Let us … Continue reading The Braes o’ Balquhither →

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[Scenery & Songs Contents] Wae’s Me for Prince Charlie.  Words by William Glen.  Arranged by John S. Macgregor.  -  A wee bird came to our ha’ door,  He warbled sweet and clearly;  And aye the o’ercome o’ his sang,  Was ‘wae’s me for Prince Charlie.’  O when I heard the bonny, bonny bird,  The tears … Continue reading Wae’s Me for Prince Charlie →

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[Scenery & Songs Contents] The Flowers of the Forest.  Arranged by Finlay Dun.  -  I’ve seen the smiling of fortune beguilling,  I’ve felt all its favours, and found its decay;  Sweet was its blessing, kind its caressing,  But now ‘tis fled, fled far away;  I’ve seen the forest adorned the foremost,  With flow’rs of the … Continue reading The Flowers of the Forest →

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[Scenery & Songs Contents] Tak Your Auld Cloak About Ye.  Words from Allan Ramsay’s Tea Table Miscellany.  Arranged by Finlay Dun.  -  In winter when the rain rain’d cauld,  And frost and snaw on ilka hill,  And Boreas wi’ his blast sae bauld,  Was threat’ning a’ our kye to kill;  Then Bell, my wife, wha … Continue reading Tak Your Auld Cloak About Ye →

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[Scenery & Songs Contents] Ye Banks and Braes o’ Bonnie Doon. Words by Burns. Arranged by Finlay Dun. - Ye banks and braes o’ bonnie Doon,  How can ye bloom sae fresh and fair,  How can ye chant ye little birds,  And I sae weary, fu’ o’ care!  Ye’ll break my heart ye warbling birds,  … Continue reading Ye Banks and Braes o’ Bonnie Doon →

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[Scenery & Songs Contents] Here Awa', There Awa'. Words by Burns. Arranged by Finlay Dun. - Here awa’, there awa’, wandering Willie!  Here awa’, there awa’, haud awa’ hame!  Come to my bosom, my ain only dearie;  Tell me thou bringst me my Willie the same.  -  Winter winds blew loud and cauld at our … Continue reading Here Awa’, There Awa’ →

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[Scenery & Songs Contents] Auld Robin Gray. Arranged by John S. Macgregor. - Young Jamie lo’ed me weel, and sought me for his bride,  But saving a crown he had naething beside;  To mak the crown a pound, my Jamie gaed to sea,  And the crown and the pound were baith for me.  He had … Continue reading Auld Robin Gray →

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[Scenery & Songs Contents] Auld Lang Syne  Arranged by Finlay Dun. - Should auld acquaintance be forgot,  And never brought to mind?  Should auld acquaintance be forgot?  And days o’ lang syne?  - For auld lang syne my dear,  For auld lang syne;  We’ll tak’ a cup o’ kindness yet,  For auld lang syne.  - … Continue reading Auld Langsyne →

[Notes on the Black Book Contents]    The page of the Black Book of Paisley of which a facsimile is given, is from the latter part of Chapter 13 and the beginning of Chapter 14 of Book XII., and is the verso of folio 199, which is the first sheet of quire 22.    The … Continue reading VII. – Facsimile Page of the Black Book, pp.71-76. →

[Ancient Sports Contents] Dundee Courier, Monday 1st January, 1934, p.10.  ANCIENT FIFE GAMES TO-DAY  —————— Kirkcaldy and Wemyss Contests     At Kirkcaldy and Wemyss this morning two ancient Ne’erday games peculiar to the respective places will be played.     On Dominic’s Green at Ravenscraig Park, Kirkcaldy, the game that will be played is called “A … Continue reading Miscellaneous Sports →

[Ancient Sports Contents] Scotsman, Wednesday 21st January, 1829, p.8.     New Curling Pond. - Mr John Carnie, of Largs, both during the last and the present winter, succeeded in forming a curling pond. So late as Tuesday and Wednesday last, he and his friends played various games, when in all probability not a single stone … Continue reading Bonspiel (Curling) →

[Ancient Sports Contents] Scotsman, Saturday 30th July, 1831, p.3.  LEITH GOLFING.     In ancient times, Leith was distinguished for nothing so much as its golf-playing. This healthful Scottish game was practised by all classes with a degree of frank and free hilarity, which has long since ceased to animate the modern practice of this manly … Continue reading Gowf (Golf) →

[Ancient Sports Contents] We'll start with the prohibitions against football, &c. James I.     “Item it is statut and the king forbiddis that ony man ['Item it is deliverit that na man'.] play at the futball undir the pain of iiij d. to the lorde of the lande als oft as he beis taintit (be … Continue reading Kickba’ (Football) →

[Notes on the Black Book Contents]    The Black Book of Paisley is often spoken of and treated as an original work1 but as has been shewn it is not so. Still, the language of some of the older writers suggests the question whether there was not, after all, an independent chronicle kept or written … Continue reading VI. – The Chronicle of Paisley, pp.68-71. →

[Notes on the Black Book Contents]    Dr. Skene remarks1 that no sooner had the Scotichronicon appeared than there seems to have arisen an outcry against its intolerable diffuseness and irrelevant sermonizing, and Bower himself proceeded to prepare an abridgement, which is represented by the Book of Cupar. In 1501 the Paisley copy of the … Continue reading V. – The Abridgement of the Black Book, pp.63-68. →

[Notes on the Black Book Contents]    The Scotichronicon, as we learn from statements in its text, was in progress in 1441,1 and was completed, according to the Memorandum on the fly leaf of the Black Book of Paisley, in 1447, or as Mr. Skene says, betwixt that date and 1449,2 the year in which … Continue reading IV. – The History of the Black Book, pp.43-63. →

[Notes on the Black Book Contents]    Without pretending to give anything like a collation of the MSS., it may be interesting to compare, in a general way, the text of the Black Book with that printed by Goodall.     PREFACIUNCULA OPERIS. - The Black Book and the Schevez MS. correspond with the Edinburgh MS., … Continue reading III. – The Text of the Black Book, pp.29-43. →

[Notes on the Black Book Contents]    The Black Book of Paisley is a heavy volume of twenty-nine quires of vellum, each composed of five sheets forming ten folios, but in a few cases one or two pages have been removed. The outer pages of some of the quires have originally been signed a, b, … Continue reading II. – The Contents, pp.15-29. →

[Scanned Images Contents] I cannot guarantee I've not made a couple of wee errors but this transcription is definitely the best I can do over the course of 7 hours with much of the rechecking of words throughout. The author's Vs look like Bs but I've typed them out as Vs after deciding copying it … Continue reading Vellum Instrument of Sasine Related to Anne, Duchess of Hamilton (1723) →

[Notes on the Black Book Contents]    IN the Royal Collection, in the British Museum, there is preserved a Manuscript, 13 E. X., known as “THE BLACK BOOK OF PAISLEY.” It is a large, stout vellum folio written in double columns, but so far as colour goes it now belies its name, as it is … Continue reading I. – What It Is, pp.1-15. →

[Notes on the Black Book Contents]    THE following account of the Black Book of Paisley was originally intended to form part of the Appendix to Dr. Lees’ History of the Abbey of Paisley, but at the request of the Publisher a shorter one was substituted, and this was reserved for a separate publication. The … Continue reading Preface. →

[IndyLive Research Contents] WHAT IS THE ARTHURIAN MERLIN MYTH?  A bit like with the unicorns it depends a wee bit on where and when in time you are when you ask. The story itself goes a bit like this:  We start in the late 4th century. Before Arthur was born, Merlin had been active and … Continue reading Scottish Arthurian/Merlin Myth →

[Three Hundred Animals Contents]    ALSO a middle-being between vegetation and animality, is often found adhering to rocks on the sea shores. They have a slow and progressive motion, and, like the Polypus, if cut into several pieces, have the property of forming again new limbs, and thereby becoming a whole individual. The common species … Continue reading The Asteria, or Star-Fish, p.350. →

[Three Hundred Animals Contents]    HAVE been long supposed to be vegetable marine productions, and, indeed, their ramifications and progressive growth give to them so much the appearance of a plant, that it is no wonder if they have been, for so many centuries, classed among the children of mere vegetation. However, it has been … Continue reading The Coral and Corallines, pp.349-350. →

[Three Hundred Animals Contents]    THERE are two kinds of this water insect. The fresh-water Polypus is found hanging at the roots or branches of plants that grow at the bottom of ditches and pools. The marine Polypus is found in similar situations, but is much bigger than the fresh water one. They resemble the … Continue reading The Polypus, p.348. →

[Three Hundred Animals Contents]    THIS word is derived from the Greek Zoos, an animal, and Phyton, a plant, and signifies a body of organized matter, partaking of the nature of both an animal and a vegetable being.     To this order belong all those creatures which may be propagated by cutting the body asunder, … Continue reading Zoophytes, pp.347-348. →

[Three Hundred Animals Contents]    IS a kind of beetle, well known in this and other countries. It flies at dusk, with a rash and noisome impulse; lives upon the first budding leaves of the elm tree, and when caught, is often tormented by children, who, placing a paper fixed with a pin at one … Continue reading The Chaffer, pp.345-346. →

[Three Hundred Animals Contents]    SCARABŒUS, is the generic name for the whole tribe of beetles. The characters of the genus are, two transparent wings, covered with cases; they are produced from eggs, in the shape of grubs, then change into chrysalises, and soon arrive at the form of beetle. There are many different species … Continue reading The Beetle and Ear-Wig, pp.344-345. →

[Three Hundred Animals Contents]    TWO fundamental laws of nature rule the whole of animated beings. They have for their ultimate scope the preservation of the species in general, and that of every individual in particular. To the first of these admirable laws we must refer all the trouble which the female, in every kind … Continue reading The Aphis, or Tree-Louse, pp.342-344. →

[Three Hundred Animals Contents]    THE Wasp is a very fierce, dangerous, and most rapacious insect; it is much larger than the bee, and furnished with a powerful sting. The belly is striped with yellow and black. They make a curious hive, which they hang at the top of a barn or other place, and … Continue reading The Wasp, Bee, and Lady Cow, pp.339-341. →

[Three Hundred Animals Contents]    IS a very curious insect, having upon its head two horns, not unlike the smaller prongs of a lobster’s claw, which meet together at the end and pinch severely whatever they can get hold of. They have a largish corselet, armed on the sides with points, and the body contains … Continue reading The Stag Beetle, or Lucanus, pp.338-339. →

[Three Hundred Animals Contents]    IS of a gay green colour, the head somewhat resembling that of a horse; the corselet is armed with a strong buckler; it has four wings and six legs, the hinder ones being much longer than the other, to assist the insect in leaping. As naturalists have found three kinds … Continue reading The Grasshopper, pp.336-338. →

[Three Hundred Animals Contents]    THE Locust is a voracious insect well-known in Egypt and all the coast of Barbary, where they are found in such a quantity, that when they take their flight they obscure the air, and appear like a cloud of several hundred yards square. Wherever they alight, devastation and misery follow … Continue reading The Locust, Cricket, and Mole Cricket, pp.333-336. →

[Three Hundred Animals Contents]    THE Fly, although the most numerous, most common, and domesticated, is perhaps the least known of insects as to its general habits. They appear in a troublesome number in the beginning of warm-weather, and remain with us, preying on tables, staining our mirrors and ceilings, till September, when they get … Continue reading The Common Fly, Spider, and Death Watch, pp.331-333. →

[Three Hundred Animals Contents]    THE Bug is a worse insect than the two foregoing, for although it deserves death for its troublesome depredations on our very blood, yet he punishes us for the deed, leaving a strong and nauseous smell. They hide themselves so curiously in bed-posts and wooden partitions of houses, that when … Continue reading The Bug, Ant, Glow-Worm, Gnat, and Antlion, pp.323-330. →

[Three Hundred Animals Contents]    THE Louse is an insect of the order of the aptera, that is to say, those that have no wings. Several animals are pestered by that or similar kind of vermin, and every one is different according to the substance upon which it feeds. The human Louse deserves a particular … Continue reading The Louse and Flea, pp.319-323. →

[Three Hundred Animals Contents]    IT would be a considerable task to enumerate, and a much greater one to describe, every insect which obtains these names. Every bush, every tree, every plant, has its assigned Caterpillar, or an insect nearly of the same nature; and that which lives on the nettle could no more feed … Continue reading Caterpillar, Chrysalis, and Butterfly, pp.315-319. →

[Three Hundred Animals Contents]    These creatures constitute a class by themselves, under the name of Vermes, in the voluminous works of nomenclators. They are generally divided into four orders, which embrace the whole of these innumerable tribes which swarm and pullulate nearly every where. The Worm is distinguished from the caterpillar and maggot, on … Continue reading Worms, p.314. →

[Three Hundred Animals Contents]    IS furnished with four small horns; two of which are smaller than the others; at the end of those horns, which the animal pushes out or draws back, like telescopes, as most convenient to itself, are the eyes, which look like black spots, one upon each of see the horns, … Continue reading The Snail, pp,312-313. →

[Three Hundred Animals Contents]    IS about three inches in length, and in its exterior form somewhat resembles the worm; it has a small head, a black skin edged with a yellow line on each side. The back is spotted with yellow, and the belly is of a reddish cast, with some faint yellow spots. … Continue reading The Leech, pp.311-312. →

[Three Hundred Animals Contents]    A serpent of a harmless nature, being destitute of those fangs which prepare the venom in similar animals. It moves backwards and forwards with equal facility, and each extremity of his body is of an equal thickness, which has given occasion to the story that this animal has [two] heads. … Continue reading The Amphisbæna, p.310. →

[Three Hundred Animals Contents]    WHOSE name is so intimately connected with the memory of the Queen of Egypt, and her spontaneous and melancholy death, is found in Africa; its bite always occasions a speedy but gentle death. This animal is from three to six feet in length; it has two teeth longer than the … Continue reading The Asp, p.309. →

[Three Hundred Animals Contents]    IS a native of the new world; it grows to five, and sometimes to six feet in length, and is nearly as thick as a man’s leg; it is not unlike the Viper, having a large head and small neck, and inflicts a most dangerous wound. Over each eye is … Continue reading The Rattle-Snake, pp.308-309. →

[Three Hundred Animals Contents]    IS the largest of all English serpents, sometimes exceeding four feet in length. The colour of the body is variegated with yellow, green, white, and regular spots of brown and black. They seem to enjoy themselves when basking in the sun, at the foot of an old wall, as if … Continue reading The Snake, p.307. →

[Three Hundred Animals Contents]    THIS particular kind of Asp, has two small horns on its head; it is harmless and nearly domesticated in Egypt, where it enters the houses when the family are at table, picks up the crumbs from the floor and retires without doing any injury to the company. This is very … Continue reading The Horned Viper, pp.306-307. →

[Three Hundred Animals Contents]    IS a venomous animal, a species of serpent that seldom exceeds the length of two or three feet; it is of a dirty yellow colour with black spots, and the belly entirely black; the head is nearly figured in the shape of a lozenge. Unlike all others of the serpent … Continue reading The Viper, pp.305-306. →

[Three Hundred Animals Contents] “Their faming crests above the waves they show;  Their bellies seem to burn the seas below;  Their speckled tails advance to steer their course,  And on the sounding shore the flying billows force.  And now the strand, and now the plain they held;  Their ardent eyes with bloody streaks were fill’d,  … Continue reading Serpents, pp.301-305. →

[Three Hundred Animals Contents]    IS an univalve shell-fish, the shape of which is pyramidal; it adheres to the rock with such strength that no human force can make him leave his hold, unless it is crushed by a strong blow. The apex of the shell is sometimes sharp, sometimes obtuse, and often surrounded with … Continue reading The Limpet, pp.299-300. →

[Three Hundred Animals Contents]    THE Snipe, a shell fish, so called on account of the curious length of a certain prominency coming out of the shell. It is surrounded with blunt prickles, and the colour of the whole is elegantly variegated.  The Wilk.     BELONGS to the family of the Turbines. It is the … Continue reading The Snipe and Wilk, p.298-299. →

[Three Hundred Animals Contents]    LIKE the oyster, the Muscle inhabits a bivalve shell, to which he adheres, as others of that species, by a strong cartilaginous tye. His name means in Latin a small rat, from the shape of the fish. The shells of several muscles are beautiful; some of them, chiefly those of … Continue reading The Muscle and Admiral, pp.297-298. →

[Three Hundred Animals Contents]    THE first is a well known small crustaceous fish of the lobster kind. It has long slender feelers, between which are two projecting laminæ. It has three pair of legs and five fins, but no claws. All the sandy shores of Great Britain breed this insect and its flavour is … Continue reading The Shrimp and Prawn, p.296. →

[Three Hundred Animals Contents]    IS a curious animal, and ought to be recorded here for the wonderful singularities of his habits. This animal, when divested of its shell, is somewhat like a lobster; it is about four inches in length, has no shell on the hinder part, but is covered down to the tail … Continue reading The Soldier Crab, pp.295-296. →

[Three Hundred Animals Contents]    IS an amphibious animal; living on land and in water. The common Crab obtains various sizes, some weighing several pounds and others not one ounce, all of different species. They move not forward, but on one side as it suits them best. They have no tail, which is a considerable … Continue reading The Crab, pp.293-284. →

[Three Hundred Animals Contents]    IS the lobster of fresh water, and is reckoned a very strengthening food. They are caught in shallow brooks, hid under large stones, out of which they crawl backwards, to seek for their prey, which consists of small insects; they are easily baited with liver or flesh, to which they … Continue reading The Cray Fish, p.293. →

[Three Hundred Animals Contents]    HAS a cylindric body, the antennæ long, and a broad tail. This fish, for it is one of the crustaceous kind, begins the class of water insects. His large claws enable him to seize on his prey and to fix himself at the small prominencies of rocks in the sea, … Continue reading The Lobster, pp.292-293. →

[Three Hundred Animals Contents]    HAS long been in favour with man for the delicacy of its food; the Lac Lucrin used to be as much in renown among the Romans for the choicest kind of Oysters, as the Cancale shores with the French, and the Colchester beds with us. It is a bivalve shell … Continue reading The Oyster, pp.290-291. →

[Three Hundred Animals Contents]    IS reckoned a very delicate food, specially the green, and the logger head. Some of them are so large that they weigh near four hundred pounds, and some eight hundred pounds. They generally ascend from the sea, and crawl on the beach, either for food or for laying their eggs, … Continue reading The Sea-Tortoise, or Turtle, pp.259-260. →

[Three Hundred Animals Contents]    IS a distinct genus of animals, of the class of amphibious, and of the reptile order. It is a quadruped, but with these two essential distinctions, that it is covered with a kind of strong arched crust or shell, and that it is oviparous. They are found of all sizes … Continue reading The Tortoise, p.288-289. →