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
23. What kinds of fishes have no males _ib._
24. Fishes which have a stone in the head; those which keep
themselves concealed during winter; and those which are
not taken in winter, except upon stated days 392
25. Fishes which conceal themselves during the summer; those
which are influenced by the stars 396
26. The mullet 397
27. The acipenser 398
28. The lupus, the asellus 399
29. The scarus, the mustela 400
30. The various kinds of mullets, and the sargus that attends
them 401
31. Enormous prices of some fish 403
32. That the same kinds are not everywhere equally esteemed 404
33. Gills and scales 405
34. Fishes which have a voice.—Fishes without gills 406
35. Fishes which come on land; the proper time for catching
fish _ib._
36. Classification of fishes, according to the shape of the
body 407
37. The fins of fish, and their mode of swimming 408
38. Eels 409
39. The murena _ib._
40. Various kinds of flat fish 411
41. The echeneis, and its uses in enchantments 412
42. Fishes which change their colour 414
43. Fishes which fly above the water—the sea-swallow—the
fish that shines in the night—the horned fish—the
sea-dragon 415
44. Fishes which have no blood.—Fishes known as soft fish 416
45. The sæpia, the loligo, the scallop 417
46. The polypus _ib._
47. The nautilus, or sailing polypus 419
48. The various kinds of polypi; their shrewdness _ib._
49. The sailing nauplius 422
50. Sea-animals which are enclosed with a crust; the
cray-fish 423
51. The various kinds of crabs; the pinnotheres, the sea
urchin, cockles, and scallops 424
52. Various kinds of shell-fish 428
53. What numerous appliances of luxury are found in the sea 429
54. Pearls; how they are produced, and where 430
55. How pearls are found 433
56. The various kinds of pearls 434
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