BOOK I 



(Iviii-lx) Cheek-bones ; nostrils ; cheeks, lips, chin, 

 jaws. (Ixi-iv) Teeth — kinds of ; species with teeth in 

 one jaw only ; with hollow teeth ; snakes' teeth, 

 snakes' poison ; which bird has teeth ; remarkable 

 facts as to teeth ; age of ruminants indicated by teeth. 

 (Ixv) Tongue — tongueless species ; croaking of frogs ; 

 palate. (Ixvi-viii) Tonsils ; uvula, epiglottis, wind- 

 pipe, gullet, nape, neck, backbone, throat, jaws, 

 stomach. (Ixix-lxxi) Heart, blood, Ufe ; wliich 

 species has largest heart, which smallest, which 

 two hearts ; when inspection of heart of victims 

 began ; (Ixxii) Lungs — which species has largest, 

 which smallest, which no internal organ besides 

 hmgs; cause of speed in animals. (Ixxiii-vi) Liver — ■ 

 head of internal organs ; its inspection by augurs ; 

 species with tAvo hvers, and their habitats ; gall — what 

 species have two, and where ; what animals have 

 none, which have gall elsewhere than in Uver; its 

 fimction ; species whose gall grows and shrinks in size 

 with moon ; observation of these species by augurs, 

 and marvellous portents. (Ixxvii) Diaphragm ; nature 

 of laughter. (Ixxviii) Stomach ; species that have 

 none ; the only species that vomit. (Ixxix) Smaller 

 intestines, entrails, stomach, great gut ; why some 

 animals have voracious appetites. (Ixxx-iii) Caul, 

 spleen — species without spleen. Kidneys ; habitat 

 of species with four kidneys — with none ; chest ; 

 ribs ; bladder — animals without bladder ; entrails ; 

 membranes. (Ixxxiv-viii) Belly — the ' parts,' the 

 womb, sows' womb, paps ; what species have suet, 

 what tallow ; nature of each ; what species have no 

 fat ; marrow ; species that have none ; bones ; 

 prickles ; species that have neither bones nor prickles ; 

 cartilages ; sinews ; species without sinews. (Ixxxix- 



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