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LIBER IX · CAPUT 44

THE SENSITIVENESS OF WATER ANIMALS; THE TORPEDO, THE PASTINACA, THE SCOLOPENDRA, THE GLANIS, AND THE RAM-FISH

THE SENSITIVENESS OF WATER ANIMALS; THE TORPEDO, THE PASTINACA, THE SCOLOPENDRA, THE GLANIS, AND THE RAM-FISH. Complete modern editorial illustration created specifically for this chapter.
THE SENSITIVENESS OF WATER ANIMALS; THE TORPEDO, THE PASTINACA, THE SCOLOPENDRA, THE GLANIS, AND THE RAM-FISH · EDITORIAL PLATE IX.44 · modern editorial plate
THE SENSITIVENESS OF WATER ANIMALS; THE TORPEDO, THE PASTINACA, THE SCOLOPENDRA, THE GLANIS, AND THE RAM-FISH. Complete modern editorial illustration created specifically for this chapter.

Latine · Mayhoff 1906

Grassatur aries ut latro et nunc grandiorum navium in salo stantium occultatus umbra, si quem nandi voluptas invitet, expectat, nunc elato extra aquam capite piscantium cumbas speculatur occultusque adnatans mergit.

English · Bostock & Riley 1855–57

The sea-ram commits its ravages just like a wary robber; at one time it will lurk in the shadow of some large vessel that is lying out at sea, and wait for any one who may be tempted to swim; while at another, it will raise its head from the surface of the water, survey the fishermen’s boats, and then slily swim towards them and sink them.