CONTENTS. V 



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32. Precepts the most useful in life 178 



33. Divination 179 



34. The man who was pronounced to be the most excellent . . . . ib. 



35. The most chaste matrons 180 



36. Instances of the highest degree of affection $. 



37. Names of men who have excelled in the arts, astrology, grammar, 



and medicine 1 82 



38. Geometry and architecture 183 



39. Painting; engraving on bronze, marble, and ivory ; carving .. 184 



40. Slaves for which a high price has been given 185 



41. Supreme happiness 186 



42. Rare instances of good fortune continuing in the same family . . 187 



43. Remarkable example of vicissitudes ,. .. 189 



44. Remarkable examples of honours ib. 



45. Ten very fortunate circumstances which have happened to the 



same person .. ..191 



46. The misfortunes of Augustus 195 



47. Men whom the gods have pronounced to be the most happy . . 199 



48. The man whom the gods ordered to be worshipped during his 



life-time ; a remarkable flash of lightning ib. 



49. The greatest length of life 200 



50. The variety of destinies at the birth of man 203 



51. Various instances of diseases 206 



52. Death 208 



53. Persons who have come to life again after being laid out for 



burial 210 



54. Instances of sudden death 213 



55. Burial 217 



56. The Manes, or departed spirits of the soul 218 



57. The inventors of various things 219 



58. The things about which mankind first of all agreed. The ancient 



letters 236 



59. "When barbers were first employed ib. 



60. "When the first time-pieces were made 237 



BOOK VIII. 



THE NATURE OF THE TERRESTRIAL ANIMALS. 



1. Elephants; their capacity ".. 244 



2. When elephants were first put into harness 245 



3. The docility of the elephant 246 



4. Wonderful things which have been done by the elephant . . 247 



5. The instinct of wild animals in perceiving danger 248 



6. When elephants were first seen in Italy 251 



7. The combats of elephants , . . . 252 



8. The way in which elephants are caught 255 



9. The method by which they are tamed 256 



10. The birth of the elephant, and other particulars respecting it . . 257 



