Keywords: Flora Sinensis - Sum Xu AND Tortoise.JPG One of the earliest natural history books about China by the Polish Jesuit Michael Boym Obviously includes some non-Chinese and non-floral species This page unusually shows a squirrel 鼠 Songshu; Sum Xu in Boym's transcription chasing a green-haired turtle 綠毛 Lü mao gui <br> Boym said that Chinese domesticate Sum Xu put silver collars on them and that they hunt mice Boym mistakenly translates 绿毛龟 as green-winged turtles In the text he says that these rare creatures are green and sometimes have blue or dark green cæruleas wings attached to their legs; they move very slowly but can sometimes jump making use of their wings Китайская белка гонится за зеленовласой в китайском тексте или зеленок ылой в латинском че епахой За исовка польского иезуита ихала Бойма Caption 鼠 - Súm Xú <br> Sum Xu <br> Sum Xu animal apud Sinas reperitur flavi nigri coloris est pulcherimi aspectus Cicurant illiud Sinenses collum argento exornant mures egregiè venatur Sæpe venit septem novem scudis <br> Caption 绿毛龟 - Ló Mâe Quey - Vindium alarum Testudo <br> Lo Meo Quey <br> Alatæ testudines in aliquibus provincijs Sinarum præcipuè in Ho-van inveniuntur virides interdum cæruleas adiunctas pedibus habet alas gradum tardissimum quàm volatu aut potiùs quodam saltu extensis pedum alis compensat Pedes alati hujusmodi testudinum in pretio sunt apud Sinas etiam ob raritatem Dans quelques prouinces de la Chine principalement dans celle de Ho-nan l'on y void des tortües vertes qui ont quelquefois des ailes bleues à leurs pieds ; elles marchent fort lentement mais elles s'aident en faisant quelques sauts en estendant leurs ailes les Chinois eftiment les pieds aîlés de ces tortues à caufe de leur rareté http //webapps fundp ac be/moretus/flora_sinensis/ Flora Sinensis at Bibliothèque Universtaire Moretus Plantin 1656 Michael Boym Michał Piotr Boym Picture in Kircher's China illsustrata inspired by Boym's account of green-winged turtles <br> 200px<br> Picture in Kircher's China illsustrata inspired by Boym's sum xu squirrel <br> 200px PD-Art-100 Flora Sinensis Turtles in art Squirrels in art |