A

HISTORY

OF

THE EARTH,

AND

ANIMATED NATURE.

BY OLIVER GOLDSMITH.

ILLUSTRATED WITH COPPER PLATES.

WITH CORRECTIONS AND ADDITIONS

By W. TURTON, M. D.

FELLOW OF THE LINNAAN SOCIETY.

A NEW EDITION; IN SIX VOLUMES.

VOL. v.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR WINGRAVE AND COLLINGWOOD; F., C., AND J. RIVINGTON,

LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, AND BROWN ; CADELL AND DAVIES ;
J. NUNN; J. RICHARDSON; J. M. RICHARDSON ; S, BAGSTER; J. AND
A. ARCH; J. MAWMAN ; J. BOOKER; BALDWIN, CRADOCK AND JOY;
J. BLACK; GALE AND FENNER; WALKER AND EDWARDS ; J. ROBINSON:
AND B. REYNOLDS.

Printed by T. C. Hansard, Peterborough-court, Fleet-street,

London

Thorp
13897

CONTENTS

12-26-26

OF THE FIFTH VOLUME.

PART I.

Page

OF FISHES.

CHAP.

1. Of Fishes in general ......

2. Of Cetaceous Fishes in general

3. Of the Whale, properly so called, and its varieties

4. Of the Narwhal..........

5. Of the Cachalot, and its varieties ....

6. Of the Dolphin, the Grampus, and the Porpoise, with

their varieties...

1

26

31

46

50

54

FISHES. PART II.

1. Of Cartilaginous Fishes in general .....

2. Of Cartilaginous Fishes of the Shark Kind

3. Of Cartilaginous Flat-fish, or the Ray Kind

4. Of the Lamprey, and its affinities

5. Of the Sturgeon, and its varieties

6. Of Anomalous Cartilaginous Fishes

..............

...

......... 161

1. Of the Division of Shell Fish ......

2. Crustaceous animals of the Lobster Kind ............... 163

3. Of the Tortoise, and its Kinds ....

180

4. Of the Shell of Testaceous Fishes ...

200

5. Of Turbinated Shell Fish of the Snail Kind

214