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THE
NATURAL HISTORY
OF
PLINY.

TRANSLATED,

WITH COPIOUS NOTES AND ILLUSTRATIONS

BY THE LATE

JOHN BOSTOCK, M.D., F.R.S.,

AND

H. T. RILEY, Esq., B.A.,
LATE SCHOLAR OF CLARE HALL, CAMBRIDGE.

VOL. VI.

WITH GENERAL INDEX.

LONDON:
HENRY G. BOHN, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN.
MDCCCLVII.


CONTENTS

OF THE SIXTH VOLUME.


BOOK XXXII.
REMEDIES DERIVED FROM AQUATIC ANIMALS.
Chap. Page
1.

The power of Nature as manifested in antipathies. Theecheneïs: two remedies

1
2.

The torpedo: nine remedies

4
3.

The sea-hare: five remedies

ib.
4.

Marvels of the Red Sea

5
5.

The instincts of fishes

6
6.

Marvellous properties belonging to certain fishes

8
7.

Places where fish eat from the hand

ib.
8.

Places where fish recognize the human voice. Oracular responsesgiven by fish

ib.
9.

Places where bitter fish are found, salt, or sweet

9
10.

When sea-fish were first eaten by the people of Rome. Theordinance of King Numa as to fish

10
11.

Coral: forty-three remedies and observa

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