. Scripture natural history: containing a description of quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, amphibia, fishes, insects, molluscous animals, corals, plants, trees, precious stones, and metals, mentioned in the Holy Scriptures . d fastens itself to the walls by meansof its crooked claws and a sucking apparatus withwhich the under part of its toes is furnished. It issometimes seen to walk, in a backward position, alongthe ceilings of rooms. It has been reported, but erro-neously, to be venomous. It utters no sound. Ananimal of the same kind is probably referred to bySolomon in Prov. xxx. 28, where the E
. Scripture natural history: containing a description of quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, amphibia, fishes, insects, molluscous animals, corals, plants, trees, precious stones, and metals, mentioned in the Holy Scriptures . d fastens itself to the walls by meansof its crooked claws and a sucking apparatus withwhich the under part of its toes is furnished. It issometimes seen to walk, in a backward position, alongthe ceilings of rooms. It has been reported, but erro-neously, to be venomous. It utters no sound. Ananimal of the same kind is probably referred to bySolomon in Prov. xxx. 28, where the English versiontranslates the original by spider. The word translated chameleon occurs only once, published by Linnaeus, in 1757, under the name of Iter is rich in observations on the animals, plants, minerals, and materiamedica of the countries he visited, and is, to this day, a standard workof reference; it contains sound information, of which use may bemade so long as science endures. Vide Penny Cyclojpcedia, articleHasselquist. LIZARDS. 115 as the name of an animal, in the Bible, and is by somesupposed to be the lizard called the skink, (lacertascincus.) It is found in Arabia, near the Red Sea,. THE OFFICINAL SKINK. Nubia, and Abyssinia. It is six or eight inches long;the tail shorter than the body; the latter is of a silveryyellowish colour, with some blackish bands across. Itis remarkable for the readiness with which it forcesits way into the sand when pursued. For a long timeit was regarded by the Arabian physicians as a sove-reign remedy against a variety of maladies, particular-ly leprosy and other diseases of the skin. It was huntedin the south of Egypt, as Hasselquist states, and sent,when dried, to Grand Cairo and Alexandria, whenceit was carried to Venice and Marseilles, and fromthence to all the apothecaries shops of Europe. The word translated snail, Lev. xi. 30, in Chal-dee signifies to bow down; it, therefore, may be the 116 SCRIPTURE NATURAL HIST
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