PL I NY ^Ue ELDERrA 



naf ural I st — vv as boi-n A . D. SS — served m tke army 

 under Lucius Pompimus ni G e rm avi\/— I'eiurned 

 to Roine about +iie age of 50— was after wcurcb 

 Procurator In Spaui uncUr NERO-a+ the time of 

 his death \/vcl?> in comi-naiacl oi aflest of Miseviuri^. 



In August, A. D., 79, occurred, the great erup- 

 tion of Vesuvius, Observing the i mmence cloud ot 

 bmoke, he embarked af MiseKiam and apjoroaclied 

 near the ^eene of clanger to nole the wonderful phe- 

 nomena. He landed uf Sfabia, ni fke ensuing nigkt 

 Ke aifeiriptecl to return to his vessel but perished 

 on , nd, suffocafecl h\j ashes or suiphuroLis exIiQ- 

 lations. 



The great wo rk of Phin^ IS fhie Na+ u r ci I 

 Hlsforj^, of vvhicU Cuvier says. 



"It is oneof fhfc ii\osf precious monumen-i-s 

 "that antic|uit\/ has left us audthe e v i dence oi er- 

 "udition very wonclerFul in a Warn or and Statesman" 



This edition was franslafed by Holland, 

 and Printcd in 1601. 



