The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 2 (of 6)Pliny, the Elder
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The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 2 (of 6)
Pliny, the Elder
Natural history -- Pre-Linnean works
72. Sheep, and their propagation 331
73. The different kinds of wool, and their colours 333
74. Different kinds of cloth 336
75. The different shapes of sheep; the musmon 338
76. Goats, and their propagation 339
77. The hog 342
78. The wild boar; who was the first to establish parks for
wild animals 344
79. Animals in a half-wild state 346
80. Apes 347
81. The different species of hares 348
82. Animals which are tamed in part only 350
83. Places in which certain animals are not to be found 352
84. Animals which injure strangers only, as also animals
which injure the natives of the country only, and where
they are found 353
BOOK IX.
THE NATURAL HISTORY OF FISHES.
1. Why the largest animals are found in the sea 358
2. The sea monsters of the Indian Ocean 359
3. The largest animals that are found in each ocean 361
4. The forms of the Tritons and Nereids. The forms of
sea-elephants 362
5. The balæna and the orca 365
6. Whether fishes respire, and whether they sleep 367
7. Dolphins 369
8. Human beings who have been beloved by dolphins 371
9. Places where dolphins help men to fish 374
10. Other wonderful things relating to dolphins 376
11. The tursio 377
12. Turtles; the various kinds of turtles, and how they are
caught _ib._
13. Who first invented the art of cutting tortoise-shell 379
14. Distribution of aquatic animals into various species _ib._
15. Those which are covered with hair, or have none, and
how they bring forth. Sea-calves, or phocæ 380
16. How many kinds of fish there are 381
17. Which of the fishes are of the largest size 382
18. Tunnies, cordyla, and pelamides, and the various parts
of them that are salted. Melandrya, apolecti, and cybia 385
19. The aurias and the scomber 386
20. Fishes which are never found in the Euxine; those which
enter it and return 387
21. Why fishes leap above the surface of the water 390
22. That auguries are derived from fishes 391
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