“Romance of Natural History,” Gosse, 86 Roman mosaic at Brading, 98 “Romeo and Juliet,” extract from, 192 Rondoletius, book of, 319 Roulet, the loup-garou, 109 Sachs on unicorn, 131 “Saducismus Triumphatus,” 113 Sagacity of the crane, 261 Salamander, 154, 209, 290 Sargon, 331 “Savage Africa,” Winwood Reade, 61 Sciatica, specific for, 182 Scoresby on mermaids, 84 Scorpion, 9, 277, 278, 302, 338 Scorpion-grass, 251, 277 _Scots Magazine_, extract from, 87 Screech-owl, 108 Sea elephant, 323 Sea horse, 314 Seal, Greek superstition respecting, 289 Serpent, 173, 178, 236, 267 Serpentine monstrosities, 305 Shakespeare, extract from, 11, 32, 54, 55, 130, 173, 180, 192, 208, 228, 229, 241, 246, 253, 254, 255, 266, 277, 291, 296, 304 Shakespeare on learning, 33 Sheep as great as oxen, 76 Shelley on nightingale, 253 “Ship of Fools,” 39 Shony, the storm-dog, 191 Shrew-ash, 180 Shrew-mouse, 179, 234 Silkworm, 312 Silurus, 338 Single-footed men, 20 Sir Emerson Tennant on travellers’ tales, 2 “Six Pastorals,” extract from, 250 Skelton’s poem on birds, 240 Sleeplessness, to cause, 251 Snail-shells as houses, 308 Snake charmers mentioned by Pliny, 29 Song of the nightingale, 252 Southey, extract from, 232 “Speculum Mundi,” extract from, 5, 81, 88, 131, 133, 144, 180, 194, 227, 229, 252, 265, 266, 287, 320 “Speculum Regale,” 86 Speechless men, 73 Spenser, quotation from, 80, 113, 129, 150, 226, 240, 281, 286, 301, 326, 327 Sphinx, 146 Spider, 279, 282, 308 Squirrel, 174 Stag-wolf, 160 Stanley rediscovering pygmies, 3, 60 Stellion, 154 Stolbergk on unicorn, 131 Stone in lapwing’s nest, 8 Stones of magic virtue, 247 Stork, 259 Storm-raisers, 191 Strabo on the pygmies, 55 Strewing herbs, 302 Struys’ voyages and travels, 44, 70 Subjects dealt with by Pliny, 22 Sucking fish or remora, 326 “Survey of Cornwall,” extract from, 164 Sus Marinus, 317 Suttee an ancient usage, 14 Swallow, 8, 240, 247, 260 Swallow-wort, 248 Swam-fish, 333 Swan-song, 228 Swift, quotation from, 37 Symbol of resurrection, 203 Sympathy and antipathy, 153 Syrens, 82 Tacitus on phœnix, 201 Tailed men, 43, 68, 69 “Tale of a Tub,” Swift, 37 “Taming of the Shrew,” extract from, 180 Tavernier on bird of paradise, 210 Tears of the crocodile, 286 Teasel-heads, 309 “Tempest,” extract from, 79, 209 Tench, the physician fish, 335 Tennant on works of ancient travellers, 2 Tensevetes, 294 Ten-tailed lizard, 63 “Theater of plants,” 219 Theocritus on halcyon calm, 258 Theologians, a study of zoology, 4 Theriaca, 299 Thoes, 124 “Thousand notable things,” 282 Three-eyed men, 74 Three-headed monster, 65 Thynne’s “Book of Emblems,” 210 Tiger, 118, 198 Tiger-men, 104 “Timon of Athens,” extract from, 130