There are considerable passages on their economic aspects-the use of fish as food, pearls, dyes obtained from fish, and on their physiology, sensory and reproductive.īook X: Ornithology: hawks trained for fowling birds of evil omen domestication of birds for food talking birds reproduction. The matter-of-fact title, in place of some fanciful label, indicates the author's aim, and the practical object of the work is aided by the table of contents that forms Book I, enabling the reader to turn to any particular subject that he desires to look up.īook I: Table of Contents of the remaining thirty-six Books, the contents of each Book being followed by a list of the previous writers used as authorities.īook II (see Book I init.): Cosmology, astronomy, meteorology, geography, geology.īook III: Southern Spain Southern Gaul Italy the Western Mediterranean and Ionian and Adriatic Islands the countries round the north of the Adriatic.īook IV: Greece and the rest of the Balkan Peninsula the islands of the Eastern Mediterranean the Black Sea and the countries west of it Northern Europe.īook V: North Africa the Eastern Mediterranean and Asia Minor.īook VI: Countries from the Black Sea to India Persia Arabia Ethiopia the Nile valley.īook VII: Treats of the human race-its biology, physiology and psychology.īook VIII: Deals with various mammals, wild and domesticated and among them are introduced snakes, crocodiles and lizards.īook IX: Treats aquatic species, including Nereids, Tritons and the sea-serpent. The authorities drawn upon are faithfully recorded. Its compilation has occupied the leisure left to the author by the claims of public duty. The subject does not admit of an elevated style-the treatise is a plain record of the facts of Nature, designed for utility and not for entertainment. The author goes on to say that this dedication places the work outside the class of books intended for the general reader, and invites serious criticism. The reference to him in §3 dates the passage: see above. the ruling Emperor Vespasian's son, Titus, his successor as Princeps, who had already been vested with Imperium and Tribunicia Potestas). This is in the form of a covering letter from Pliny, to accompany the gift of his treatise on Natural History to his friend Vespasian Caesar ( i.e. If you would like to help, please see Help:Match and split and Help:Proofread. This provides you with an alternate way of accessing the Internet.A scan-backed, verifiable version of this work can be edited at Index:Natural History (Rackham, Jones, & Eichholz) - Vol 01.djvu. We recommend having a USB Ethernet adapter, if you purchase a laptop without an Ethernet card.
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