Notes and Queries

Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 111, December 13, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.

Various; Bell, George, 1814-1890 [Editor]· 2 chapters· 7,174 words

Surely this is a mistake, and worthy of a Note? I cannot find the badger mentioned as an _amphibious_ animal in any modern zoology. I certainly have not by me Kerr's _Linnaeus_ to refer to, as a verification of Sharon Turner's note on this passage.

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1. Letter XV. vol. i. p. 428. 4th edit. 1833) says:

Surely this is a mistake, and worthy of a Note? I cannot find the badger mentioned as an _amphibious_ animal in any modern zoology. I certainly have not by me Kerr's _Linnaeus_...

2. Act II. Sc. 4.:

"_Fool._ Cry to it, nuncle, as the _Cockney_ did to the eels, when she put 'em i' th' paste alive; she knapt 'em o' th' coxcombs with a stick, and cried 'Down, wantons, down;' '...