PLINY 



NATURAL HISTORY 



WITH AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION 

 IN TEN VOLUMES 



VOLUME V 

 LIBRl XVIl-XIX 



BY 



H. RACKHAM, M.A. 



FtU-OW OF CHRIST'S COLLICGE, CAMURIDaE 



CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS 



HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS 



LONDON 



WILLIAM HEINEMANN LTD 



MCMLXX 



