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88 KIRBV’S WONDERFUL MUSEUM.
them by the hinder legs, in such a manner, that the nippers
cannot touch them, and thus he throws them into his bag.
Sometimes also they are caught, when they take refuge in
the bottoms of holes in the rocks by the sea side, by cover-
ing the mouth of the hole, to prevent their getting out,
and then, soon after, the tide enters the hole, and the ani-
mal is found, upon its ebbing, drowned in its retreat.
Phil. Trans. Fabricius, Gregory, §c.
LONGEVITY.
Although several instances of long life appear in the
pages of our Museum, we cannot refrain to insert a com-
plete list of every one to be found on record. Many inte-
resting articles having came to hand, enable us to do it
in a chronological order,—we shall begin with the oldest,
and continue it down to the age of 100.
Thomas Carn—207,
Is the oldest man on record : according to the’parish register
of St. Leonard, Shoreditch, he died the 28th of January,
1588,—see page 66, of Vol. III. of our Work.
In the Petersburgh Gazette of October, 1813, an old
man died, in the diocese of Ekaterinoslan, at the patri-
archal age of between 200 and 205 years.
Don John Taveira De Lima—198,
Knight of the Order of Christ, died in Portugal, in
1738. He had been from a lad, in the service of the
crown; from a common soldier, he passed successively
through the degrees of ensign, adjutant, captain, major, co-
lonel, and lieutenant-general. He was then preferred to the
government of the city of Moncoan; and his Portuguese Ma-
jesty, at last, in consideration of his long and faithful services,
them by the hinder legs, in such a manner, that the nippers
cannot touch them, and thus he throws them into his bag.
Sometimes also they are caught, when they take refuge in
the bottoms of holes in the rocks by the sea side, by cover-
ing the mouth of the hole, to prevent their getting out,
and then, soon after, the tide enters the hole, and the ani-
mal is found, upon its ebbing, drowned in its retreat.
Phil. Trans. Fabricius, Gregory, §c.
LONGEVITY.
Although several instances of long life appear in the
pages of our Museum, we cannot refrain to insert a com-
plete list of every one to be found on record. Many inte-
resting articles having came to hand, enable us to do it
in a chronological order,—we shall begin with the oldest,
and continue it down to the age of 100.
Thomas Carn—207,
Is the oldest man on record : according to the’parish register
of St. Leonard, Shoreditch, he died the 28th of January,
1588,—see page 66, of Vol. III. of our Work.
In the Petersburgh Gazette of October, 1813, an old
man died, in the diocese of Ekaterinoslan, at the patri-
archal age of between 200 and 205 years.
Don John Taveira De Lima—198,
Knight of the Order of Christ, died in Portugal, in
1738. He had been from a lad, in the service of the
crown; from a common soldier, he passed successively
through the degrees of ensign, adjutant, captain, major, co-
lonel, and lieutenant-general. He was then preferred to the
government of the city of Moncoan; and his Portuguese Ma-
jesty, at last, in consideration of his long and faithful services,