, 1870-11-13

much admired. th1t ahe Haa aInz aoen Ahtosd
Ptth great troop Of birdA about har, i Is NOT
euch wonder :. Tor the szme HI usually seen
ahont an owl flying In fsho daytime, OF Par
50. 81 1;he pstrot Ssth bean certainly known
to havs lived three-scpre Jeare In England
how old Et>eysr:he Waa before be Vas brougoi
over q biri1 eAtfus alno6t afl kind OF meats
chewing bis mt1t. and renewing bis Dill
likewise cutat and miscmevous, and OF blac1
81: 81. Tbs peacock lives twenty 5e.rs, ,butht
comes not forth NTH bis argus eyes beforf
be be 3 years old : 3 bird e1or OF paeet having
81: Tia dupght1 cock Is vensreous, mar
tisl, and but OF eIsort life :; crank bid
barring alto white dash. !.
IS. Tte Indian cock, commonly called the
turkey cock, lives not mach longer than The
dunghiil cock: N ang1 bird, and hath q
ceeding white aeub-
81. The zingdoyes a1e Of the longest sort
Of lirers. lnsomuch that they attain some:
Soth BOTH builds ii d. md sits on ssish. BIT doves and
turtlea azs but eho1t-liTed, not sxeoeding
eight years.
IS. fat phexsants and psztridgss may llTe
to Is years. They are great brsedars, but1ot
90 white Of aesh as the Ordinary pullen.
&C. The blackbifd Is reported to be, amongst
the leeter bszds, one Of tho longest hvers IN
unhappy bird, and good singer.
81. the SPARROW is uotad to bs OF I very
phort life. but the lfnnet, no bigger in body
than the erar1ow, hath been observed to have
Lived tHsnty gears.
those that weta kept here have been 50 unfor-
turaie, that no loEg life appeared by them.
OF the blrd ibis We find only that he hYeth
long, but his years are not recorded.
50. The age OF fishes Ia more uncertain t4sn
that Of terrestrial creatures, because living NC
der the water they are The leas observed;
many Of them breathe not, By which me1ns
their vital spirit ia more clnaed in ; and,
Therefore. though they receive somo refriger-
alton By thaIr siils, ye, that refrigeration is
not 20 continual II when It is breathing
40. They are free from the desicc2ton and
depreciation Of the air ambient, because they
live tn the water, yet there Is no doubt but
The water, ambltnt, aod piercioe, md received
into tha pores Of the tody, doth mora hurt to
long life thar The air doth
II. It ie Affirmed, too, that their blood il not
warm. scme OF them are great deyoulers,
eren Of their oxn kind. Their Aesh is suffer
and more fender than thht Of torrestrial cres-
that An Incredible quantity Of oil viii be e1-
t1acted ont OF one Whsle.
:. 4a Dolpblns .te reported to live about
thirty years Of which thing trial Uas taken
In sono Of them BY cutting on their.ails; they
grow until ten yea1a OF age.
43. That which they report of como tishea ia
strange, That after certain age their bodiss
viii waste aud gFow very etender, only their
head and tail retaln1ng their former grcatnoss,
II. There we1s found in Cmsar'a fish-ponds
lsnpreys to have lived th1ee-score yeats:
they were gtown so familiar with 1ouf; use.
that crassus, the orator, eolemn1y lAnented
45. Tho pike, amongst fishes, living in fresh
vater, is f0urd to LAST longest, eomatimea 10
forty years: he is raYener, OF flesh come
what dry and hrm. :
46. but the carp, Dream, teneh, eel, and Tho
like. arc not hald to live above ten years.
81 satmous are quick Of growth. short OF
life 90 aro trouts !: but the perch Is elo1 Of
growth. long OF life.
4s. Touching that monatroua bulk Of the
whale or osk, how long It ia Telled By vital
apirit. We have received nothing certain nei-
ther yet touching the sea-cllf, md sea.bog,
Ard otheE innumeEable fishes.
80. Crucodilaa Ars reported to be excaed-
ing 1ong-1irsd. snd are famous for the timeg
o. theu growth. for thst they, among.t all
other cseatnIes, are thought TO grow during
thetr whole lie. They arc OF those csealurea
tfAt lay eggs, ravenons.csua and we'll fenced
aEainst the Watera. Touching tbs other kinds
of snclI-fsh We Ind nothing certain hoR long
they live.