60. When the first time-pieces were made 237 BOOK VIII. THE NATURE OF THE TERRESTRIAL ANIMALS. 1. Elephants; their capacity 244 2. When elephants were first put into harness 245 3. The docility of the elephant 246 4. Wonderful things which have been done by the elephant 247 5. The instinct of wild animals in perceiving danger 248 6. When elephants were first seen in Italy 251 7. The combats of elephants 252 8. The way in which elephants are caught 255 9. The method by which they are tamed 256 10. The birth of the elephant, and other particulars respecting it 257 11. In what countries the elephant is found; the antipathy of the elephant and the dragon 259 12. The sagacity of these animals 260 13. Dragons 261 14. Serpents of remarkable size _ib._ 15. The animals of Scythia; the bison 262 16. The animals of the north; the elk, the achlis, and the bonasus 263 17. Lions; how they are produced 264 18. The different species of lions 266 19. The peculiar character of the lion 267 20. Who it was that first introduced combats of lions at Rome, and who has brought together the greatest number of lions for that purpose 269 21. Wonderful feats performed by lions 270 22. A man recognized and saved by a dragon 273 23. Panthers 274 24. The decree of the Senate, and laws respecting African animals; who first brought them to Rome, and who brought the greatest number of them _ib._ 25. Tigers: when first seen at Rome; their nature 275 26. Camels; the different kinds 276 27. The cameleopard; when it was first seen at Rome 277 28. The chama, and the cepus _ib._ 29. The rhinoceros 278 30. The lynx, the sphinx, the crocotta, and the monkey _ib._ 31. The terrestrial animals of India 280 32. The animals of Æthiopia; a wild beast which kills with its eye 281 33. The serpents called basilisks 282 34. Wolves; the origin of the story of Versipellis _ib._