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flint's natueal histoby. 
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them return to the hive. If the right testicle of a ram^^ is 
tied up, he will generate females only. Persons who have 
about them the sinews taken from the wings or legs of a crane, 
will never he fatigued with any kind of laborious exertion. 
Mules will never kick when they have drunk wine. 
Of all known substances, it is a mule's*^^ hoofs only that are 
not corroded by the poisonous waters of the fountain Styx : a 
memorable discovery made by Aristotle,^^ to his great infamy, 
on the occasion when Antipater sent some of this water to 
Alexander the Great, for the purpose of poisoning him. 
We will now pass on to the aquatic productions. 
Summary. — Eemedies, narratives, and observations, eight 
hundred and fifty-four. 
EoMA^T AUTHORS QUOTED. —M. Yarro,^^ Nigidius,^^ M. Cicero, 
Sextius Niger^^ who wrote in Greek, Licinius Macer.^* 
FoRETGi^ AUTHORS QUOTED. — Eudoxus,^^ Aristotlc,^^ Hcrmip- 
pus,^^ Homer, Apion,^^ Orpheus, Democritus,^ Anaxilaiis.^ 
Medical authors quoted. — Botrys,^ Horus,* Apollodorus,^ 
Menander,^ Archidemus,^ Aristogenes,^ Xenocrates,^ Diodorus,^^ 
Chrysippus,^^ Meander, ^^ Apollonius^^ of Pitanae. 
«7 See B. viii. c. 72. 
8^ Some authorities say the ass, and others the Onager, or wild ass. 
This story is generally regarded as an absurdity, and is rejected by 
Arrian and Plutarch. See end of B. ii. 
See end of B. vi. ggg qj^^ of ;g yu. See end of B. xii. 
9^ See end of B. xix. 95 See end of B. ii. 96 gee end of B. ii, 
97 An eminent philosopher, a native of Smyrna, and disciple of Calli- 
machus. He flourished about the middle of the third century B.C., and 
left numerous works, the principal of which was a Biography of the Phi- 
losophers, Poets, and Historians, which seems to have been highly esteemed. 
It is thought, too, that he wrote a work on Magic and Astrology ; but there 
are some doubts about the writer's identity. 
9'' A native of Oasis in Egypt, who taught rhetoric at Rome in the reigns 
of Tiberius and Claudius. Some curious particulars are given respecting 
him in c. 6 of the present Book. His ostentation, vanity, and insolent 
pretensions fully merited the title Cymbalum mundi," which Tiberius 
bestowed on him. He was a man, however, of considerable learning and 
great eloquence, and was distinguished for his hatred to the Jews. Of his 
numerous works only some fragments remain. 
99 See end of B. xx. ^ See end of B. ii. ^ g^e end of B. xxi. 
3 See end of B. xiii. * See end of B. xxix. ^ See end of B. xi. 
6 See end of B. xix. *^ See end of B. xii. ^ See end of B. xxix. 
5 See end of B. xx. "^^ See end of B. xxix. See end of B. xx, 
^ See end of B. viii. See end of B. xxix. 
