The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 1 (of 6)Pliny, the Elder
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The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 1 (of 6)
Pliny, the Elder
Natural history -- Pre-Linnean works
There are five German races; the Vandili[2902], parts of whom are
the Burgundiones[2903], the Varini[2904], the Carini[2905], and the
Gutones[2906]: the Ingævones, forming a second race, a portion of
whom are the Cimbri[2907], the Teutoni[2908], and the tribes of the
Chauci[2909]. The Istævones[2910], who join up to the Rhine, and to
whom the Cimbri[2911] belong, are the third race; while the Hermiones,
forming a fourth, dwell in the interior, and include the Suevi[2912],
the Hermunduri[2913], the Chatti[2914], and the Cherusci[2915]: the
fifth race is that of the Peucini[2916], who are also the Basternæ,
adjoining the Daci previously mentioned. The more famous rivers
that flow into the ocean are the Guttalus[2917], the Vistillus or
Vistula, the Albis[2918], the Visurgis[2919], the Amisius[2920], the
Rhine, and the Mosa[2921]. In the interior is the long extent of the
Hercynian[2922] range, which in grandeur is inferior to none.
CHAP. 29. (15.)—NINETY-SIX ISLANDS OF THE GALLIC OCEAN.
In the Rhine itself, nearly 100 miles in length, is the most famous
island[2923] of the Batavi and the Canninefates, as also other
islands of the Frisii[2924], the Chauci, the Frisiabones[2925], the
Sturii[2926], and the Marsacii, which lie between Helium[2927] and
Flevum[2928]. These are the names of the mouths into which the Rhine
divides itself, discharging its waters on the north into the lakes
there, and on the west into the river Mosa. At the middle mouth which
lies between these two, the river, having but a very small channel,
preserves its own name.
CHAP. 30. (16.)—BRITANNIA.
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