BOOK I 



of domestioation ; their propagation, and general 

 physiology ; native habitat ; hostiUty between 

 elephants and great snakes. (xii) IntelHgence of 

 animals. (xiii) Great snakes. (xiv) Serpents of 

 remarkable size. (xv f.) Animals of Scythia ; of the 

 north; bisons, bears, the elk, the achUs," the 

 Paeonian bnU. (xvii-xxi) Lions — their mode of 

 reproduction, their varieties, their characteristics ; 

 who first produced a battle with Uons in the circus at 

 Rome ? who gave such a show with the largest number 

 of Uons ? what Roman first harnessed Uons to a 

 chariot ? remarkable cases among the exploits of 

 Uons. (xxii) Man recognised and rescued by a 

 great snake. (xxiii f.) Panthers, resolution of senate 

 and laws as to African ; who first showed African 

 panthers at Rome, and when ? who showed the 

 largest number ? (xxv) Tigers ; when was a tiger 

 first seen at Rome ? nature of tigers ; tiger-cubs. 

 (xxvi-xxx) Camels ; their kinds. The giraffe ; 

 when first seen at Rome. The spotted lynx. 

 The cephi. The rhinoceros. The lynx and the 

 sphynxes. The crocottae.* The kmg-tailed monkeys. 

 (xxxi-iv) Land animals of India ; ditto of Ethiopia ; 

 a creature the sight of which brings death ; basilisk- 

 snakes ; wolves ; source of the fabulous were-wolf. 

 (xxxv-xl) Snakes, species of; the ichneumon; the 

 crocodile ; the African Uzard ; the hippopotamus : 

 who first showed this animal, and the crocodile at 

 Rome. (xU-iii). Drugs obtained from animals ; 

 warnings of dangers from animals ; races destroyed 

 by animals. (xliv f.) Hyaenas ; corocottae ; man- 

 tichorae. (xlvi) Wild asses. (xlvii-ix) Ampbibious 

 species : beavers, otters, the sea-calf, geckoes. (1) 

 Stags. (li f.) Chameleon ; other species that change 



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