Natural history, lore and legend : $b Being some few examples of quaint and by-gone beliefs gathered in from divers authorities, ancient and mediæval, of varying degrees of reliabilityHulme, F. Edward (Frederick Edward)
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Natural history, lore and legend : $b Being some few examples of quaint and by-gone beliefs gathered in from divers authorities, ancient and mediæval, of varying degrees of reliability
Hulme, F. Edward (Frederick Edward)
Animals, Mythical; Monsters; Science -- History; Zoology -- History
Dog-headed men, 11, 42, 72
Dog-king, 73
Dolphin, 83, 289, 327
Donkey, 184, 188
Double-bodied animals, 65
Dove, 177, 240
Draconites, 247
Dragon, 268, 274
Dragon-maiden, 110
Dragon and elephant, feud between, 136, 147
Drayton, extract from, 250, 253, 259
Dropsy, remedy for, 298
Drunkenness, to avert, 249
Dryden, extract from, 161, 165, 224, 227, 259, 281
Du Bartas on barnacle-goose, 218
Du Chaillu on gorilla, 3;
on pygmies, 60
Dulness of hearing, remedy for, 308
Dust of Malta a remedy, 300
“Dyetary” of Boorde, 46
Eagle, 108, 223, 240, 276
Eale of Ethiopia, 197
Earless animals, 74
Earthworms in medicine, 279
Eastern love of the wonderful, 213
Eastern Travels of John of Hesse, 81
Eel’s blood for warts, 335
Eels from hairs, 182
Effects of climate on human tail growth, 71
Egyptians and the ass, 185
Einhorn, 130
El Dorado of Raleigh, 44
Elephant, 36, 107, 135, 177, 182, 213, 274, 294, 323
Elephant-headed boy, 64
Elizabeth, portrait of Queen, 176
Ellison, “Trip to Benwell,” 165
“Emblemes and Epigrames,” 210
“Emblems” of Whitney, 136
England, first elephant seen in, 142
Epilepsy, cure for, 173, 190
Ermine, the spotless, 176
Ethiopia, land of marvels, 73, 146, 276
“Euphues,” extract from, 262, 281
“Evangeline,” extract from, 247, 279
Evil spirit in donkey, 185
Eyebright for the sight, 48, 298
Fable, animals in, 175
“Fairie Queen,” extract from, 80, 113, 129
Fakirs of India mentioned by Pliny, 28
Famous horses of antiquity, 181
Fascination, power of, 285
Fennel, value of, 47
Fenton on toad stone, 282
Ferne, “Blazon of Gentrie,” 119, 224
Ferret, 173, 309
Feuds, animal, 129, 136
Filial love of storks, 259
Fishes choosing a king, 334
Fletcher on phœnix, 207
Flounder the wry-mouthed, 334
Fondness of dolphin for man, 328
Forget-me-not, 251, 277
Formosa men with tails, 70, 71
Four-eyed men, 74
Four-footed ducks and pigeons, 65
Four-legged serpents, 306
Fox, 167
Foxglove, 251
Freckles, cure for, 166
Frenzel on Unicorn, 131
Frog, 189, 278, 281, 308
Fulgentius on note of Raven, 242
Fuller, extracts from, 117
Galen, prescription of, 291
“Garden of the Muses,” extract from, 170
Garnier, the loup-garou, 108
Gay, extract from, 184, 241
Geliot’s “Indice Armorial,” 120
_Gentleman’s Magazine_, extract from, 93
Geranites, 247
Gerarde, extract from, 214, 309
Gesner’s “History of Animals,” 129
Giants, 75
Gift of eloquence, To acquire, 249
Gift of invisibility, 235
Gilbert White’s “Selborne,” 180
Glanvil, assertions of, 113, 276, 290
Glowworm, 257
Goat, 177, 234, 331
“Golden Gem for Geometricians,” 262
Gonzale on monstrous men, 79
Gorilla mentioned by Hanno, 3, 67
Gosse, “Romance of Natural History,” 86
Gout, remedy for, 244, 246, 278
Gray, oil from the, 278
Great-lipped men, 76
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