Introduction. xiii 



Befides thefe authors, the ordinary poets have 

 been freely laid under contribution in the follow- 

 ing pages. They form a fample of the wealth of 

 material which yet remains for zoologifts in the 

 writers of Greece and Rome. 



For much of this brief account of Latin authors 

 I am indebted to Mr. Simcox's " Hiftory of Latin 

 Literature " (Longmans). 



M. G. W. 



