Universal manual of ready reference : antiquities, history, geography, biography, government, law, politics, industry, invention, science, religion, literature, art, education and miscellany . , that is,with heads and feet, or,more strictly, tentacles. Worms, as earthworms,leeches, etc. Crustaceans, as crabs,lobsters, etc. Centipedes, etc. Spiders, etc. Beetles, butterflies, etc. V. Vertebrata tebrates, that is, animalsthat have a backbone, and Ian articulated or jointed Jskeleton, and a great nerv-ous cord, the spinal mar-row, i nclosed in a bonysheath. -Ver- fi- o±1 2. Reptiles, thai is, cre
Universal manual of ready reference : antiquities, history, geography, biography, government, law, politics, industry, invention, science, religion, literature, art, education and miscellany . , that is,with heads and feet, or,more strictly, tentacles. Worms, as earthworms,leeches, etc. Crustaceans, as crabs,lobsters, etc. Centipedes, etc. Spiders, etc. Beetles, butterflies, etc. V. Vertebrata tebrates, that is, animalsthat have a backbone, and Ian articulated or jointed Jskeleton, and a great nerv-ous cord, the spinal mar-row, i nclosed in a bonysheath. -Ver- fi- o±1 2. Reptiles, thai is, creep-ing things, as turtles,frogs, , lizards,etc. 3. Birds, that is, Everywinged fowl. 4. Mammalia, that is, ani-mals with teats. The last class, Mammalia, is furthersubdivided into fourteen orders, ofwhich the most distinctive, still ascend-ing from the lower to the higher arefour, namely:— 1. Cetacea, that is, of the whale tribe. 2. Quadrupeds, that is, four-footed animals generally. 3. Quadrumana, that is, four-handed; as the gorilla. chimpanzee, ape, and monkey. 4. Bimana, that is. two-handed; of which the only representative is man. BOOK II. HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY, ANTIQUITIES. History, Geography, Antiquities Aborigines {ab-o-rije-neez). [From origine, from the beginning.] Theoriginal inhabitants of any country, orthose occupying it when it first becameknown, and of whose origin nothingcertain has been ascertained. Abydos {d-bidos). An ancient Greektown on the Asiatic shore of the Helles-pont, and nearly opposite Sestos. Itwas situated at the narrowest part ofthe Hellespont, and is the place whereXerses and his army passed into Europeover the bridge of boats (480 B. C).Abydos has also obtained a poeticalcelebrity from the story of Hero andLeander. Leander used, it is said, toswim across the Hellespont to visit hismistress Hero, and was finally drownedand cast on shore at the foot of thetower where Hero anxiously awaitedhim. Lord Byron has given a newinterest to th
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