PEEFACE. v 



animals which we see and call tigers are jackals, 

 speckled and larger than common jackals.&quot; 



Except in a few cases, e.g. that of the Hippelaphos, 

 pp. 253-4, no attempt has been made to consider the 

 possibility of identifying Aristotle s animals with those 

 which may reasonably be assumed to have been unknown 

 to the Ancients. 



A few words about the illustrative drawings may not 

 be out of place. Of these, Fig. 3 is of a different kind from 

 the rest. It is drawn according to specific directions given 

 in Aristotle s Meteorology, and probably agrees with a 

 drawing forming part of Aristotle s original MS. There 

 are no drawings in the Greek texts, but in many passages 

 there are clear references to drawings. 



My thanks are due to Mr. A. E. Wright, Hon. Editor of 

 Folk-Lore, for reading the MS. and proof, and for informa 

 tion chiefly relating to popular beliefs recorded by Aristotle; 

 to Mr. F. W. Dunn, B.A., B.Sc., for reading a large part of 

 the MS. ; to Mr. F. J. Cheshire, Lecturer in Physics at 

 Birkbeck College, and Mr. E. J. Sowter, B.Sc., for reading 

 all parts of the MS. and proof of Chapters iii. and iv. 

 relating to phenomena of light, heat, and sound ; to Mr. 

 F. Gossling, B.Sc., for reading the proof of Chapters v. and 

 vi. ; and to my son, Mr. P. E. Lones, for reading those 

 parts of the MS. and proof of Chapters viii.-xiv., relating 

 to human anatomy and physiology. 



T. E. L. 



DUDLEY HOUSE, 

 KINGS LANGLEY, 

 HERTS. 



