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he says, is particularlj'- efficacious in love-charms. 60 Brace- 

 lets 64 and necklaces are made of it. He sa3 r s also that it is sen- 

 sible 65 when it is about to be taken, and that it turns as hard 

 as horn, so hard, indeed, as to blunt the edge of iron. If, on 

 the other hand, it is cut before it is sensible of the danger, it is 

 immediately transformed to stone. 



Summary. — Remarkable facts, narratives, and observations, 

 four hundred and sixty-eight. 



Roman authors quoted. — M. Varro, 66 Mucianus, 67 Virgil, 06 

 Fabianus, 69 Sebosus, 70 Pomponius Mela, 71 Fabius, 72 Procilius, 7 * 

 Hyginus, 74 Trogus, 75 Claudius Caesar, 76 Cornelius Nepos, 77 Sex- 

 tius Niger 78 who wrote in Greek on Medicine, Cassius He- 

 rnina, 79 L. Piso, 80 Tuditanus, 81 Antias. 82 



Foreign authors quoted. — Theophrastus, 83 Herodotus, 84 

 Callisthenes, 85 Isigonus, 86 Clitarchus, 87 Anaximenes, 88 Duris, 39 

 Nearchus, 90 Onesicritus, 91 Polycritus, 92 Olympiodorus, 93 Diog- 

 netus, 94 Cleobulus, 95 Anticlides, 96 Chares 97 of Mitylene, Me- 

 naBchmus, 98 Dorotheus" of Athens, Lycus, 1 Antaeus, 2 Ephip- 



63 Amatoriis. 



64 Spatalia. Armlets or bracelets. 



e5 By this apparently fabulous story, one would be almost inclined to 

 think that he is speaking of a zoophyte. 



66 See end of B. ii. 67 g ee en( j of B> iL 



68 See end of B vii. 



69 Papirius Fabianus, See end of B. ii. 



70 See end of B. ii. 7l See end of B. hi. 

 72 Fabius Tictor. See end of B. x. 



J 3 See end of B. viii. ™ gee end of B. iii. 



75 Trogus Pompeius. See end of B. vii. 



76 See end of B, v. " See end of B. ii. 

 78 See end of B. xii. ™ See end of B. xii. 

 80 See end of B. ii. 8i g ee en( j f B.\ii. 

 82 See end of B. ii. 83 g ee end of B. iii. 

 84 See end of B. ii. 85 g ee en & f £ ^ 

 86 See end of B. vii. 87 See end of B. vi. 

 88 See end of B. xii. 69 g ee en d f r. v jj # 

 90 See end of B. vi. ^ See end of B. ii. 

 94 See end of B. xii. 93 g ee en( j f g. x n 

 94 See end of B. vi. ■ 95 g ee en( j f g # j v> 

 96 See end of B. iv. 97 S ee end of B. xii. 

 98 See end of B. iv. 99 See end of B. viii. 



1 See end of B. xii. 2 See end of B. xii. 



