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The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 2 (of 6) by the Elder Pliny

7 by the Elder Pliny, Pliny, the Elder, 24?-79, Bostock, John, 1773-1846, Riley, Henry T. (Henry Thomas), 1816-1878

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Chapter 1 Chapter 1
Chapter 2 BOOK VI.
Chapter 3 5. The region of Colica, the nations of the Achæi, and other
Chapter 4 19. The nations of Scythia and the countries on the Eastern
Chapter 5 38. The comparative distances of places on the face of the
Chapter 6 39. Division of the earth into parallels and shadows of equal
Chapter 7 BOOK VII.
Chapter 8 4. The generation of man; the unusual duration of pregnancy;
Chapter 9 5. Indications of the sex of the child during the pregnancy
Chapter 10 11. What men are suited for generation. Instances of very
Chapter 11 13. Remarkable circumstances connected with the menstrual
Chapter 12 15. Some account of the teeth, and some facts concerning
Chapter 13 28. Union in the same person of three of the highest
Chapter 14 37. Names of men who have excelled in the arts, astrology,
Chapter 15 39. Painting; engraving on bronze, marble, and ivory;
Chapter 16 42. Rare instances of good fortune continuing in the same
Chapter 17 45. Ten very fortunate circumstances which have happened to
Chapter 18 48. The man whom the gods ordered to be worshipped during his
Chapter 19 53. Persons who have come to life again after being laid out
Chapter 20 58. The things about which mankind first of all agreed. The
Chapter 21 BOOK VIII.
Chapter 22 10. The birth of the elephant, and other particulars
Chapter 23 11. In what countries the elephant is found; the antipathy
Chapter 24 16. The animals of the north; the elk, the achlis, and the
Chapter 25 20. Who it was that first introduced combats of lions at
Chapter 26 24. The decree of the Senate, and laws respecting African
Chapter 27 32. The animals of Æthiopia; a wild beast which kills with
Chapter 28 40. Who first exhibited the hippopotamus and the crocodile
Chapter 29 41. The medicinal remedies which have been borrowed from
Chapter 30 52. Other animals which change colour; the tarandus, the
Chapter 31 61. The qualities of the dog; examples of its attachment to
Chapter 32 65. The disposition of the horse; remarkable facts concerning
Chapter 33 78. The wild boar; who was the first to establish parks for
Chapter 34 84. Animals which injure strangers only, as also animals
Chapter 35 BOOK IX.
Chapter 36 4. The forms of the Tritons and Nereids. The forms of
Chapter 37 12. Turtles; the various kinds of turtles, and how they are
Chapter 38 15. Those which are covered with hair, or have none, and
Chapter 39 18. Tunnies, cordyla, and pelamides, and the various parts
Chapter 40 20. Fishes which are never found in the Euxine; those which
Chapter 41 24. Fishes which have a stone in the head; those which keep
Chapter 42 25. Fishes which conceal themselves during the summer; those
Chapter 43 30. The various kinds of mullets, and the sargus that attends
Chapter 44 35. Fishes which come on land; the proper time for catching
Chapter 45 36. Classification of fishes, according to the shape of the
Chapter 46 43. Fishes which fly above the water—the sea-swallow—the
Chapter 47 50. Sea-animals which are enclosed with a crust; the
Chapter 48 51. The various kinds of crabs; the pinnotheres, the sea
Chapter 49 63. When purple was first used at Rome; when the laticlave
Chapter 50 65. The amethyst, the Tyrian, the hysginian, and the crimson
Chapter 51 67. The sensitiveness of water-animals; the torpedo, the
Chapter 52 68. Bodies which have a third nature, that of the animal and
Chapter 53 69. Sponges; the various kinds of them, and where they are
Chapter 54 71. Fishes which are enclosed in a stony shell—sea-animals
Chapter 55 76. Fishes the belly of which opens in spawning, and then
Chapter 56 77. Fishes which have a womb; those which impregnate
Chapter 57 88. The antipathies and sympathies that exist between aquatic
Chapter 58 BOOK X.
Chapter 59 5. When the eagle was first used as the standard of the Roman
Chapter 60 6. An eagle which precipitated itself on the funeral pile of
Chapter 61 10. In what places hawks and men pursue the chase in company
Chapter 62 11. The only bird that is killed by those of its own kind.—A
Chapter 63 14. Crows. Birds of ill omen. At what seasons they are not
Chapter 64 17. Birds, the race of which is extinct, or of which all
Chapter 65 23. Who was the first to kill the peacock for food. Who first
Chapter 66 33. Foreign birds which visit us; the quail, the glottis, the
Chapter 67 35. Birds which take their departure from us, and whither
Chapter 68 36. Birds which remain with us throughout the year; birds
Chapter 69 42. The various kinds of birds which afford omens by their
Chapter 70 47. The halcyones: the halcyon days that are favourable to
Chapter 71 49. The instinctive cleverness displayed by birds in the
Chapter 72 53. Wonderful things done by them; prices at which they
Chapter 73 57. The instincts of birds—the carduelis, the taurus, the
Chapter 74 60. A sedition that arose among the Roman people, in
Chapter 75 67. Foreign birds: the phalerides, the pheasant, and the
Chapter 76 68. The phœnicopterus, the attagen, the phalacrocorax, the
Chapter 77 71. Who first invented the art of cramming poultry: why the
Chapter 78 79. When birds lay, and how many eggs. The various kinds of
Chapter 79 80. What eggs are called hypenemia, and what cynosura. How
Chapter 80 81. The only winged animal that is viviparous, and nurtures
Chapter 81 82. Terrestrial animals that are oviparous. Various kinds of
Chapter 82 87. Animals which are born of beings that have not been born
Chapter 83 88. The senses of animals—that all have the senses of touch
Chapter 84 93. Animals which live on earth—animals which will not die of
Chapter 85 95. Antipathies of animals. Proofs that they are sensible of
Chapter 86 98. What animals are subject to dreams 553
Chapter 87 BOOK VI.
Chapter 88 BOOK VII.[835]
Chapter 89 introduction into Rome of the Mother of the gods.[1156]
Chapter 90 BOOK VIII.
Chapter 91 BOOK IX.
Chapter 92 BOOK X.

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