All the rest of the furniture indicated that the dweller in this house occupied himself with the study of natural science. There were large bottles filled with serpents, ticketed according to their species; dried lizards shone like emeralds set in great squares of black wood, and bunches of wild odoriferous herbs, doubtless possessed of virtues unknown to common men, were fastened to the ceiling and hung down in the corners of the apartment.
El resto del moblaje indicaba que aquél en cuya casa se hallaba se ocupaba en ciencias naturales: había tarros llenos de serpientes, etiquetados según las especies; lagartos disecados relucían como esmeraldas talladas en grandes marcos de madera negra; en fin, botes de hierbas silvestres, odoríferas y sin duda dotadas de virtudes desconocidas al vulgo, estaban pegadas al techo y bajaban por las esquinas del cuarto.