Upon one of them, for instance, was represented an ape smothering her young ones to death in her embrace, with the device, "Libertas ne its chara ut simiae catuli;" while upon the reverse was a man avoiding smoke and falling into the fire, with the inscription, "Fugiens fumum, incidit in ignem."
"History of the United Netherlands, 1586-89, Vol. II. Complete"
John Lothrop Motley Last Updated: February 7, 2009
Gammari, or fresh-water shrimps, caddis and larvae, and various species of weeds which nourish insects and snails-notably the chara flexilis from Loch Leven-may all be procured and transplanted to your water.
"A Cotswold Village"
J. Arthur Gibbs
The Osborne beds are distinguished by peculiar species of Paludina, Melania, and Melanopsis, as also of Cypris and the seeds of chara.
"The Student's Elements of Geology"
Sir Charles Lyell