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
Green lizards in mediæval recipe, 8
Grimalkin, 192
Guiana of Sir W. Raleigh, 44
Guillaume, “Bestiare Divin” of, 48
Guillim’s “Display of Heraldrie,” 52, 120, 132, 176, 243
Gujerat, lions of, 124
Hairy men, 67
Hairy serpents, 306
Hakluyt’s “Voyages,” 44
Halcyone, myth of, 258
Halle on knowledge for Chirurgeons, 12
“Hamlet,” extract from, 228
Hanno’s pursuit of gorilla, 3, 67, 68
Hare, 8, 164, 165, 184
Harpy, 64, 146
Hartebeest, 124
“Haven of Health,” Cogan’s, 45, 167, 231, 277, 301
Hawkweed, 248
Headless men, 34, 65, 75
Heberden’s “Antitheriaca,” 299
Hedgehog, 168, 256
Hentzner on horn of unicorn, 134
Heraldic animals, 83, 127, 276, 328
Herbert’s book of travels, 39, 176
Herb-tea in the Spring, 274
Herodotus, writings of, 30
Herring, the king of fishes, 334
Herschell on love of books, 32
Heylyn, travels of, 42
Heywood on stork, 259
“Hind and Panther,” extract from, 161, 165
Hippeau on theological treatment, 6, 49
Hippocampus, 314
Hippopotamus, 118, 143, 149, 314
“Histoire des Anomalies” of St. Hilaire, 62
“Historia Naturalis” of Jonston, 130
“Historie of Plants,” Gerarde, 214
“History of America,” Robertson, 79
“History of Animals,” Gesner, 129
“History of Serpents and Dragons,” Aldrovandus, 272
Hog-fish, 209, 318
Holland, English version of Pliny, 29
Hollerius on snake stone, 298
Homer on eagle, 225;
on pygmies, 55
Hoopoe, stone from, 247
Horned men, 76, 294
Horned viper, 298
Hornets from dead mule, 311
Horn of unicorn, 133, 324
Horse, 181, 189, 236, 270, 276, 294, 297
Horse-shoe, 184
Hound’s-tongue, value of, 188
Howling of dogs an evil omen, 188
How serpents are developed, 297
How tempests may arise, 321
How the raven became black, 241
How to procure toad-stone, 283
Hudibras, quotation from, 162, 214
Hudson on mermaids, 85
Humble bees from dead ass, 311
Hyæna, 152, 156;
Men turned into, 104
Hydrophobia, treatment of, 189, 234
“Hymn on the Nativity,” Milton, 258
Iliad, extract from, 225
Incubators mentioned by Jordanus, 15
Indian customs mentioned by Pliny, 28
“Indice Armorial,” 120
Indifference to animal suffering, 48, 167, 248, 335
Inhabitants of the sea-depths, 313
Insomnia, specific for, 177
Instances of sagacity in birds, 177
Invisibility, gift of, 245, 297
Ipotayne, half-man, half-horse, 79
Izaak Walton, extract from, 209
Jaguars, men turned to, 104
Jaundice, specific for, 189
Java, home of the pygmies, 58
Jewel-bearing toad, 281
Job on the eagle, 224
John of Hesse, travels of, 81
Jonston’s “Historia Naturalis,” 130
Jordanus, extract from, 13, 58, 73, 196, 213, 274
Juggernaut, 15
“Julius Cæsar,” extract from, 130
Jumar, 124
Keen sight of eagle, 225
Kentish men tailed, 68, 69
Kingfisher, 255
“King Henry IV.,” extract from, 166, 254
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