CONTENTS, V 
Chap. ^ Page 
32. Precepts the most useful in life 4 178 
33. Divination 179 
34. The man who was pronounced to be the most excellent . » . . ib, 
3;5. The most chaste matrons 180 
36. Instances of the highest degree of affection ib» 
37. Names of men who have excelled in the arts, astrology, grammar, 
and medicine . . 182 
38. Geometry and architecture «. ..183 
39. Painting ; engraving on bronze, marble, and ivory ; carving , . 184 
40. Slaves for which a high price has been given 185 
41. Supreme happiness 186 
42. Eare instances of good fortune continuing in the same family . , 187 
43. Remarkable example of vicissitudes 189 
44. Remarkable examples of honours ib. 
45. Ten very fortunate circumstances which have happened to the 
same person 191 
46. The misfortunes of Augustus 195 
47. Men whom the gods have pronounced to be the most happy . . 199 
48. The man whom the gods ordered to be worshipped during his 
life-time ; a remarkable flash of lightning ib, 
49. The greatest length of life 200 
50. The variety of destinies at the birth of man 203 
51. Various instances of diseases 206 
52. Death 208 
53. Persons who have come to life again after being laid out for 
burial 210 
54. Instances of sudden death 213 
55. Burial 217 
56. The Manes, or departed spirits of the soul 218 
57. The inventors of various things 219 
58. The things about which mankind first of all agreed. The ancient 
letters 236 
59. When barbers were first employed ib. 
60. When the first time-pieces were made . . .0 237 
BOOK VIII. 
THE NATURE OF THE TERRESTRIAL ANIMALS. 
1. Elephants; their capacity .. .. 244 
2. When elephants were first put into harness 245 
3. The docility of the elephant 246 
4. Wonderful things which have been done by the elephant . . 247 
5. The instinct of wild animals in perceiving danger 248 
6. When elephants were first seen in Italy 251 
7. The combats of elephants . . . . 252 
8. The way in which elephants are caught 255 
9. The method by which they are tamed . . 256 
10. The birth of the elephant, and other particulars respecting it . . 257 
