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INDEX. 



Barberry, v. 46. 



Barcelona, i. 167. 



Barcino, i. 167. 



Bargyla, i. 463. 



Bavippe, vi. 443. 



Bark of trees, ii. 117, 354, 

 355, 393. 



Barley, iv. 27, 28, 30, 31, 

 445, 446. 



Baroptemis, vi.443. 



Barrenness, 11. 149. 



Barter, vl. 71. 



Basanlte, vi. 125, 328. 



Basil, iv. 249, 250. 



Basilia, i. 342 ; vl. 4C8. 



Basilica, vi. 227, 346. 



Basilis, 11. 116. 



Basilisk, 11. 282, 394.' 



Bassus, Calpurnius, ill. 437. 



Bassus, Julius, iv. 304. 



Bassus, Q. Lecanius, v. 154. 



Bastard, asarum, v. 35— 

 dittany, v. 172— saffron, 

 Iv. 350. 



Basternse, i. 330, 348. 



Bat, 11. 540 ; v. 400— used as 

 a countercharm, v. 400. 



Batavi, i. 355. 



Bath-room, sprinkled with 

 unguents, lil. 168. 



Baths at Rome, vi. 353, 354. 



Batia, vl. 33. 



Batls, iv. 347, 382. 



Baton, vi. 187. 



Batrachion, v. 148, 149, 150, 

 258. 



Batrachitis, vi. 443. 



Batrachus, vi. 61, 322. 



Battering-ram, 11. 229. 



Battles, the first, 11. 227. 



Bauli, 1. 196. 



Bdellium, ill. 116. 



Beaks of ships, 11. 235. 



Beans, iv. 44, 45, 57, 447, 

 448. 



Bears, and their cubs, 11. 

 305, 306, 307— in the Cir- 

 cus, ii. 307 — have the 

 hardest skulls, ill. 47 — 

 their genitals, ill. 92. 



Bears' -grease, iv. 366 ; v. 

 334 — used for the hair, 11. 

 306. 



Beaver, ii. 297, 298— vi. 13, 

 14, 416. 



Bebriacum, ii. 529. 



Bebryces, i. 478. 



Bechion, v. 164. 



Beckmann's " History of In- 

 ventions" quoted, iii. 354; 

 iv. 33,37; V- 38, 39, 109, 

 193, 264, 323, .342, 486, 487, 

 502, 504, 506, 512, 513, 514, 

 515, 516, 519 ; vi. 4. 5, 32. 

 97, 98, 99, 108, 109, 111, 

 114, 124, 141, 142, 143, 147, 



189, 191, 195, 198, 200, 207, 

 208,212,213,214,218,238, 

 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 295, 

 301, 330, 357, 369, 370, 375, 

 379, 380, 381, 382, 398, 409 

 410, 420, 422, 424, 425, 430, 

 432, 463, 



Bedeguar, iv. 366 ; v. 48, 84. 



Bedouins, 11. 86. 



Bedrooms, quinces hung up 

 in, iii. 293 — plants in, iv. 

 259. 



Bee-bread, iv. 434. 



Beech, ill. 346, 355 ; v. 7. 



Bee-eater, ii. 516. 



Bee-glue, lil. 6. 



Beehives, iv. 344. 



Beer, iii. 256, 274 ; iv. 26, 

 456. 



Bees, iii, 5 — their -works, 

 5-6— honey, 10, 11, 12, 13 

 — their wax, 6, 7 — their 

 fondness for the olive, 7 — 

 not injurious to trees, 7 — 

 persons who have made 

 them their study, 8 — their 

 mode of working, 8-14 

 their habits, 15, 16— i 

 production of, 16, 17 ; iv. 

 344 — swai-ming of, iii, 17 

 18, 19 — their government, 

 18— omens afforded by, 19 

 — various kinds of, 20 — 

 the king-bee, 10, 16-21— 

 their sting, 20; iv. 343— 

 their aversions, iii, 21 — 

 what creatures are hostile 

 to them, 21 — their di 

 eases, 21, 22; iv. 340- 

 things that are noxious to 

 them, iii. 22— olive oil 

 fatal to them, 22 — how to 

 . keep them to the hive, 23 

 — how to renew the swarm, 

 2.3, 24 — plants for, iv. 

 339, 340— their food, 340, 

 341 — their hives, 344 — 

 influence of hunger upon 

 them, 345. 



Beet, iv. 183, 184, 232, 233. 



Beetles, iii. 33 ; v. 418, 419, 

 436. 



Behen nut, or ben, iii. 142, 

 143, 182, 327, 495. 



Belemnites, vl. 398, 452. 



Bell oculus, vi. 443. 



Belladonna, v. 137. 



Bellerophon,li. 229 ; iii. 193. 



Rellio,iv. 328. 



Bellls, V. 162. 



Bells, 1. 198. 



Belly, ill. 71, 72 — animals 

 with none, ill. 71 — dis- 

 eases of the, V. 169, 170. 



Belluno, i. 252. 



Belone, ii. 466 ; vi. 61. 



'Belumim, i. 252. 



I Belus (the divinity), ii. 72. 



I Belus (the river), vi. 379. 



j Belus (the stone), vi. 443. 



Beneventum, 1. 229. 



Berecynthus, i. 164. 



Berenice (city), 1.396; ii.94. 



Berenice (queen), vi. 427. 



Berenice's Hair, i. 103. 



Bergamo, i. 248. 



Bergamum, 1. 248. 



Berkeley, Bishop, his " Si- 

 ris," V. 18. 



Beroea, i. 440. 



Berosus, 11. 182, 242. 



Berry fruits, iii. 319-322. 



Beryls, vi. 414, 415. 



Beiytus, i. 435. 



Bestia, Calpurnius, how he 

 slew his wives, v. 218. 



Betel, iii. 153. 



Beterrse, wines of, iii. 242. 



Bethleptephene, 1. 428. 



Beth-shan, 1. 432. 



Betony, v. Ill, 112, 



Bevagna, i. 239. 



Beyrout, 1. 435. 



Bezoar stones, v. 349. 



Bibraga, 11, 51. 



Biestings, Hi. 83 ; v. 320. 



Bilbilis, vi. 208. 



Bildulgerid, 1, 399. 



Bion of Soli, 11. 115 ; v. 369. 



Bion (a wine), iii. 247 ; iv. 

 478. 



Birch, bitumen from, iii. 371. 



Birdlime, iii. 435. 



Birds, of .^Ethiopia and In- 

 dia, ii, 479, 480— clas- 

 sified according to their 

 feet, 490— of ill omen, 491, 

 492 — extinct, 492, 493 — 

 bom with the tail first, 

 493 — with hooked talons, 

 495 — ominous, 495, 509 



— migration of, 503-506 



— flight of, 504-506 — 

 places where certain are 

 never found, 507, 508 — 

 which change their colour 

 and voice, 509 — incuba- 

 tion of, 512 — aquatic, 513 



— construction of their 

 nests, 513, 514— flight of, 

 520- food of, 521, 522 — 

 instinct of, 522 — which 

 speak, 522-525 — their 

 mode of drinking, 527 — 

 their food, 527 — foreign 

 kinds, 528— fabulous, 530 

 —language of, 530— v. 397 

 — the generation of, ii. 532 

 -538— when they lay, and 

 how many eggs,537— why 

 they peck at the eyes, iii. 

 53 — feet of, 90 — singing 



