[1.12] Of the domestic animals, there is only one kind of earth-sheep to be seen, which is to these inhabitants what the racing animal is to the northerners.

[1.13] There are still in the rivers and lakes, which are quite common on the earth, a lot of aquatic animals, as well as some small species of birds, not unlike your sparrows, as well as whole armies of insects, and other l-, 2-, 3- and 4-footed terrestrial animals, whose purpose and more detailed description you will hear on another occasion; for now, enough has been said.