IN THE EIGHTH BOOK 



IS CONTAINED THE 

 NATURE OF LAND ANIMALS THAT GO ON FOOT. 



CHAP. 



1. Of Land Creatures: the Com- 

 mendation of Elephants : their 

 Understanding. 



/ 2. When Elephants were first 

 yoked. 



3. The Docility of Elephants. 



4. The Clemency of Elephants: 

 that they know their own 

 Dangers ; also of the Ferocity 

 of the Tiger. 



5. The Understanding and Me- 

 mory of Elephants. 



6. When Elephants were first 

 seen in Italy. 



7. Comhats by Elephants. 



8. The Manner of taking Ele- 

 phants. 



9. The Manner how Elephants 



are tamed. 



10. How long an Elephant goeth 

 with Young, and of their 

 Nature. 



1 1. The Countries where Elephants 

 breed : the discord between 

 Elephants and Dragons. 



12. The Industry and Wit of Dra- 

 gons and Elephants. 



13. Of Dragons. 



14. Serpents of prodigious Magni- 

 tude : of Serpents named Boae. 



15. Of the Animals of Scythia, and 

 of the North Countries. 



16. Of Lions. 



17. Of Panthers. 

 VOL. in. 



CHAP. 



18. The Nature of the Tiger : of 

 Camels, and the Camelopard : 

 when it was first seen at Rome. 



19. Of the Stag- wolf named Chaus: 

 and the Cephus. 



20. Of the Rhinoceros. 



21. Of Lynxes, Sphinges, Crocutes, 

 Marmosets, of Indian Oxen, 

 of Leucrocutes, of Eale, of the 

 ^Ethiopian Bulls, of the Man- 

 tichora, the Unicorn, of the 

 Catoblepa, and the Basilisk. 



22. Of Wolves. 

 3. Of Serpents. 



24. Of the Ichneumon. 



25. Of the Crocodile and the Hip- 

 popotamus. 



26. Who shewed first at Rome the 



Hippopotamus and Crocodiles. 

 Medicines discovered by Ani- 

 mals. 



27. Of Animals which have shewn 

 certain Herbs ; the Red Deer, 

 Lizards, Swallows, Tortoises, 

 the Weasel, the Stork, the 

 Boar, the Snake, Panther, 

 Elephant, Bears, Stock-Doves, 

 House - Doves, Cranes, and 

 Ravens. 



28. Prognostications taken from 

 Animals. 



What Cities and Nations have 

 been destroyed by small Crea- 

 tures. 



