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The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 2 (of 6) by the Elder Pliny
4. The generation of man; the unusual duration of pregnancy;

The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 2 (of 6) by the Elder Pliny

4. The generation of man; the unusual duration of pregnancy;

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Chapter 1: Chapter 1
Chapter 2: BOOK VI.
Chapter 3: 5. The region of Colica, the nations of the Achæi, and other
Chapter 4: 19. The nations of Scythia and the countries on the Eastern
Chapter 5: 38. The comparative distances of places on the face of the
Chapter 6: 39. Division of the earth into parallels and shadows of equal
Chapter 7: BOOK VII.
Chapter 8: 4. The generation of man; the unusual duration of pregnancy;
Chapter 9: 5. Indications of the sex of the child during the pregnancy
Chapter 10: 11. What men are suited for generation. Instances of very
Chapter 11: 13. Remarkable circumstances connected with the menstrual
Chapter 12: 15. Some account of the teeth, and some facts concerning
Chapter 13: 28. Union in the same person of three of the highest
Chapter 14: 37. Names of men who have excelled in the arts, astrology,
Chapter 15: 39. Painting; engraving on bronze, marble, and ivory;
Chapter 16: 42. Rare instances of good fortune continuing in the same
Chapter 17: 45. Ten very fortunate circumstances which have happened to
Chapter 18: 48. The man whom the gods ordered to be worshipped during his
Chapter 19: 53. Persons who have come to life again after being laid out
Chapter 20: 58. The things about which mankind first of all agreed. The
Chapter 21: BOOK VIII.
Chapter 22: 10. The birth of the elephant, and other particulars
Chapter 23: 11. In what countries the elephant is found; the antipathy
Chapter 24: 16. The animals of the north; the elk, the achlis, and the
Chapter 25: 20. Who it was that first introduced combats of lions at
Chapter 26: 24. The decree of the Senate, and laws respecting African
Chapter 27: 32. The animals of Æthiopia; a wild beast which kills with
Chapter 28: 40. Who first exhibited the hippopotamus and the crocodile
Chapter 29: 41. The medicinal remedies which have been borrowed from
Chapter 30: 52. Other animals which change colour; the tarandus, the
Chapter 31: 61. The qualities of the dog; examples of its attachment to
Chapter 32: 65. The disposition of the horse; remarkable facts concerning
Chapter 33: 78. The wild boar; who was the first to establish parks for
Chapter 34: 84. Animals which injure strangers only, as also animals
Chapter 35: BOOK IX.
Chapter 36: 4. The forms of the Tritons and Nereids. The forms of
Chapter 37: 12. Turtles; the various kinds of turtles, and how they are
Chapter 38: 15. Those which are covered with hair, or have none, and
Chapter 39: 18. Tunnies, cordyla, and pelamides, and the various parts
Chapter 40: 20. Fishes which are never found in the Euxine; those which
Chapter 41: 24. Fishes which have a stone in the head; those which keep
Chapter 42: 25. Fishes which conceal themselves during the summer; those
Chapter 43: 30. The various kinds of mullets, and the sargus that attends
Chapter 44: 35. Fishes which come on land; the proper time for catching
Chapter 45: 36. Classification of fishes, according to the shape of the
Chapter 46: 43. Fishes which fly above the water—the sea-swallow—the
Chapter 47: 50. Sea-animals which are enclosed with a crust; the
Chapter 48: 51. The various kinds of crabs; the pinnotheres, the sea
Chapter 49: 63. When purple was first used at Rome; when the laticlave
Chapter 50: 65. The amethyst, the Tyrian, the hysginian, and the crimson
Chapter 51: 67. The sensitiveness of water-animals; the torpedo, the
Chapter 52: 68. Bodies which have a third nature, that of the animal and
Chapter 53: 69. Sponges; the various kinds of them, and where they are
Chapter 54: 71. Fishes which are enclosed in a stony shell—sea-animals
Chapter 55: 76. Fishes the belly of which opens in spawning, and then
Chapter 56: 77. Fishes which have a womb; those which impregnate
Chapter 57: 88. The antipathies and sympathies that exist between aquatic
Chapter 58: BOOK X.
Chapter 59: 5. When the eagle was first used as the standard of the Roman
Chapter 60: 6. An eagle which precipitated itself on the funeral pile of
Chapter 61: 10. In what places hawks and men pursue the chase in company
Chapter 62: 11. The only bird that is killed by those of its own kind.—A
Chapter 63: 14. Crows. Birds of ill omen. At what seasons they are not
Chapter 64: 17. Birds, the race of which is extinct, or of which all
Chapter 65: 23. Who was the first to kill the peacock for food. Who first
Chapter 66: 33. Foreign birds which visit us; the quail, the glottis, the
Chapter 67: 35. Birds which take their departure from us, and whither
Chapter 68: 36. Birds which remain with us throughout the year; birds
Chapter 69: 42. The various kinds of birds which afford omens by their
Chapter 70: 47. The halcyones: the halcyon days that are favourable to
Chapter 71: 49. The instinctive cleverness displayed by birds in the
Chapter 72: 53. Wonderful things done by them; prices at which they
Chapter 73: 57. The instincts of birds—the carduelis, the taurus, the
Chapter 74: 60. A sedition that arose among the Roman people, in
Chapter 75: 67. Foreign birds: the phalerides, the pheasant, and the
Chapter 76: 68. The phœnicopterus, the attagen, the phalacrocorax, the
Chapter 77: 71. Who first invented the art of cramming poultry: why the
Chapter 78: 79. When birds lay, and how many eggs. The various kinds of
Chapter 79: 80. What eggs are called hypenemia, and what cynosura. How
Chapter 80: 81. The only winged animal that is viviparous, and nurtures
Chapter 81: 82. Terrestrial animals that are oviparous. Various kinds of
Chapter 82: 87. Animals which are born of beings that have not been born
Chapter 83: 88. The senses of animals—that all have the senses of touch
Chapter 84: 93. Animals which live on earth—animals which will not die of
Chapter 85: 95. Antipathies of animals. Proofs that they are sensible of
Chapter 86: 98. What animals are subject to dreams 553
Chapter 87: BOOK VI.
Chapter 88: BOOK VII.[835]
Chapter 89: introduction into Rome of the Mother of the gods.[1156]
Chapter 90: BOOK VIII.
Chapter 91: BOOK IX.
Chapter 92: BOOK X.

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