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| 1 Euxine & Maryandini |
| 2 Paphlagonia |
| 3 Cappadocia |
| 4 region of Themiscyra & nations therein |
| 5 region of Colica, nations of Achaei & other nations in same parts |
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| 1 Cimmerian Bosporus |
| 2 Lake Maeotis & adjoining nations |
| 3 situation of Cappadocia |
| 4 Lesser & Greater Armenia |
| 5 rivers Cyrus & Araxes |
| 6 Albania, Iberia & adjoining nations |
| 7 passes of Caucasus |
| 8 islands of Euxine |
| 9 nations in vicinity of Scythian Ocean |
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| 1 Caspian & Hyrcanean sea |
| 2 Adiabene |
| 3 Media & Caspian Gates |
| 4 nations situated around Hyrcanian sea |
| 5 nations of Scythia & countries on Eastern Ocean |
| 6 Seres |
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| 1 nations of India |
| 2 Ganges |
| 3 Indus |
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| 1 Taprobane |
| 2 Ariani & adjoining nations |
| 3 voyages to India |
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| 1 Carmania |
| 2 Persian & Arabian Gulfs |
| 3 Parthian Empire |
| 4 Mesopotamia |
| 5 Tigris |
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| 1 Arabia |
| 2 gulfs of Red Sea |
| 3 Troglodytice |
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| 1 Aethiopia |
| 2 Islands of Aethiopian Sea |
| 3 Fortunate Islands |
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| 1 comparative distances of places on face of earth |
| 2 division of earth into parallels & shadows of equal length |
| 3 summary |
| 4 Roman authors quoted |
| 5 foreign authors quoted |
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10 Man
| 1 wonderful forms of different nations |
| 2 marvellous births |
| 3 generation of man |
| 4 unusual duration of pregnancy |
| 5 instances of it from 7 to 12 months |
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| 1 Indications of sex of child during pregnancy of mother |
| 2 monstrous births |
| 3 of those who have been cut out of womb |
| 4 who were called Vopisci |
| 5 conception & generation of man |
| 6 striking instances of resemblance |
| 7 what men are suited for generation |
| 8 instances of very numerous offspring |
| 9 at what age generation ceases |
| 10 remarkables circumstances connected with menstrual discharge |
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| 1 theory of generation |
| 2 some account of teeth & some facts concerning infants |
| 3 examples of unusual size |
| 4 chldren remarkable for their precocity |
| 5 some remarkable properties of body |
| 6 instances of extraordinary strength |
| 7 instances of remarkable agility |
| 8 instances of acuteness of sight |
| 9 instances of remarkable acuteness in hearing |
| 10 instances of endurance of pain |
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| 1 Memory |
| 2 vigour of mind |
| 3 clemency & greatness of mind |
| 4 heroic exploits |
| 5 union in same person of three of highest qualities with greatest purity |
| 6 instances of extreme courage |
| 7 men of remarkable genius |
| 8 men who have been remarkable for wisdom |
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| 1 Precepts most useful in life |
| 2 divination |
| 3 man who was pronounced to be most excellent |
| 4 most chaste matrons |
| 5 instances of highest degree of affection |
| 6 names of men who have excelled in arts, astrology, grammar & medicine |
| 7 geometry & architecture |
| 8 painting, engraving on bronze, marble & ivory, carving |
| 9 slaves for which a high price has been given |
| 10 supreme happiness |
| 11 rare instances of good fortune continuing in same family |
| 12 remarkable example of vicissitudes |
| 13 remarkable examples of honours |
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| 1 10 very fortunate circumstances which have happened to same person |
| 2 misfortunes of Augustus |
| 3 men whom gods have pronounced to be most happy |
| 4 man whom gods ordered to be worshipped during his life-time |
| 5 a remarkable flash of lightning |
| 6 greatest length of life |
| 7 variety of destinies at birth of man |
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| 1 Various instances of diseases |
| 2 death |
| 3 persons who have come to life again after being laid out for burial |
| 4 instances of sudden death |
| 5 burial |
| 6 Manes, or departed spirits of soul |
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17 inventors of various things |
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| 1 things about which mankind 1st of all agreed |
| 2 ancient letters |
| 3 when barbers were first employed |
| 4 when 1st time-pieces were made |
| 5 summary |
| 6 Roman authors quoted |
| 7 foreign authors quoted |
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19 Elephants
| 1 their capacity |
| 2 when elephants were first put into harness |
| 3 docility of elephant |
| 4 wonderful things which have been done by elephant |
| 5 instinct of wild animals when perceiving danger |
| 6 when elephants were 1st seen in Italy |
| 7 combats of elephants |
| 8 way in which elephants are caught |
| 9 method by which they are tamed |
| 10 birth of elephant & other particulars respecting it |
| 11 in what countries elephant is found |
| 12 antipathy of elephant & dragon |
| 13 sagacity of these animals |
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| 1 Dragons |
| 2 serpents of remarkable size |
| 3 animals of Scythis: bison |
| 4 animals of north: elk, achlis & bonasus |
5 lions
| 1 how they are produced |
| 2 different species of lions |
| 3 peculiar character of lion |
| 4 who it was that 1st introduced combats of lions at Rome |
| 5 wonderful feats performed by lions |
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| 6 man recognized & saved by a dragon |
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| 1 Panthers |
| 2 decree of Senate, & laws respecting African animals |
| 3 tigers: when 1st seen at Rome, their nature |
| 4 camels: different kinds |
| 5 cameleopard: when it was 1st seen at Rome |
| 6 chama & cepus |
| 7 rhinoceros |
| 8 lynx, sphynx, crocotta & monkey |
| 9 terrestrial animals of India |
10 animals of Aethiopia
| 1 a wild beast which kills with its eye |
| 2 serpents called basilisks |
| 3 wolves |
| 4 different kinds of serpents |
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| 1 ichneumon |
| 2 crocodile |
| 3 seincus |
| 4 hippopotamus |
| 5 who 1st exhibited hippopotamus & crocodile at Rome |
| 6 medicinal remedies which have been borrowed from animals |
| 7 prognostics of danger derived from animals |
| 8 nations that have been exterminated by animals |
| 9 hyaena |
| 10 crocotta, mantichora |
| 11 wild asses |
| 12 beavers |
| 13 amphibious animals |
| 14 otters |
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| 1 Bramble-frogs |
| 2 sea-calf |
| 3 beavers |
| 4 lizards |
| 5 stags |
| 6 chameleon |
| 7 other animals which change colors |
| 8 tarandus, lycaon & thos |
| 9 porcupine |
| 10 bears & their cubs |
| 11 mice of Pontus & Alps |
| 12 hedgehogs |
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| 1 leontophonus & lynx |
| 2 badgers & squirrels |
| 3 vipers & snails |
| 4 lizards |
| 5 qualities of dog |
| 6 examples of its attachment to its master |
| 7 nations which have kept dogs for purpose of war |
| 8 generation of dog |
| 9 remedies against canine madness |
| 10 nature of horse |
| 11 disposition of horse |
| 12 remarkable facts concerning chariot horses |
| 13 generation of horse |
| 14 mares impregnated by wind |
| 15 ass: its generation |
| 16 nature of mules & other beasts of burden |
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| 1 Oxen: their generation |
| 2 Egyptian Apis |
| 3 sheep & their propagation |
| 4 different kinds of wool & their colours |
| 5 different kinds of cloth |
| 6 different shapes of sheep |
| 7 musmon |
| 8 goats & their propagation |
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26 hog
| 1 wild boar |
| 2 who was 1st to establish parks for wild animals |
| 3 animals in a half-wild state |
| 4 apes |
| 5 different species of hares |
| 6 animals which are tamed in part only |
| 7 places in which certain animals are not to be found |
| 8 animals which injure strangers only, as also animals which injure natives of country only, & where they are found |
| 9 summary |
| 10 Roman authors quoted |
| 11 foreign authors quoted |
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| 1 Why largest animals are found in sea |
| 2 sea monsters of Indian Ocean |
| 3 largest animals that are found in each ocean |
| 4 forms of Tritons & Nereids |
| 5 forms of sea-elephants |
| 6 balaena & orca |
| 7 whether fishes respire & whether they sleep |
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28 Dolphins
| 1 human beings who have been beloved by dolphins |
| 2 places where dolphins help men to fish |
| 3 other wonderful things relating to dolphins |
| 4 tursio |
| 5 turtles: various kinds of turtles & where they are caught |
| 6 who 1st invented art of cutting tortoise shell |
| 7 distribution of aquatic animals into various species |
| 8 those which are covered with hair,or have none, & how they bring forth |
| 9 sea-calves or phocae |
| 10 how many kinds of fish there are |
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29 which of fishes are of largest size
| 1 tunnies, cordyla & pelamides & various parts of them that are salted |
| 2 melandrya, apolecti & cybia |
| 3 aurias & scomber |
| 4 fishes which are never found in Euxine |
| 5 those which enter it & return |
| 6 why fishes leap above surface of water |
| 7 that auguries are derived from fishes |
| 8 what kinds of fishes have no males |
| 9 fishes which have a stone in their head |
| 10 those which keep themselves concealed during winter |
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| 1 Fishes which conceal themselves during summer |
| 2 mullet |
| 3 acipenser |
| 4 lupus, asellus |
| 5 scarus, mustella |
| 6 various kinds of mullets & sargus that attends them |
| 7 enormous prices of some fish |
| 8 that same kinds are not everywhere equally esteemed |
| 9 gills & scales |
| 10 fishes which have a voice |
| 11 fishes without gills |
| 12 fishes which come on land |
| 13 proper time for catching fish |
| 14 classification of fishes, according to shape of body |
| 15 fins of fish, & their mode of swimming |
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| 1 Eels |
| 2 murena |
| 3 various kinds of flat fish |
| 4 echeneis & its uses in enchantments |
| 5 fishes which change their colour |
| 6 fishes which fly above water |
| 7 sea swallow |
| 8 fish that shines in night |
| 9 horned fish |
| 10 sea-dragon |
| 11 fishes which have no blood |
| 12 fishes known as soft fish |
| 13 saepia, loligo, scallop |
| 14 polypus |
| 15 nautilus, or sailing polypus |
| 16 various kinds of polypi |
| 17 their shrewdness |
| 18 sailing nauplius |
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| 1 Sea-animals which are enclosed with a crust |
| 2 cray-fish |
| 3 various kinds of crabs |
| 4 pinnotheres |
| 5 sea urchin |
| 6 cockles & scallops |
| 7 various kinds of shell-fish |
| 8 what numerous appliances of luxury are found in sea |
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33 pearls
| 1 how they are produced, & where |
| 2 how pearls are found |
| 3 various kinds of pearls |
| 4 remarkable facts connected with pearls - their nature |
| 5 instances of use of pearls |
| 6 how pearls 1st came into use at Rome |
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| 1 nature of murex & purple |
| 2 different kinds of purples |
| 3 how wools are dyed with juices of purple |
| 4 when purple was 1st used at Rome |
| 5 fabrics called conchyliated |
| 6 amethyst, Tyrian, hysgnian & crimson tints |
| 7 pinna & pinnotheres |
| 8 sensitiveness of water-animals |
| 9 torpedo, pastinaca, scolopendra, glanis & ram-fish |
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| 1 Bodies which have a 3rd nature, that of animal & vegetable combined |
| 2 sea-nettle |
| 3 sponges: various kinds of them, & where they are produced |
| 4 proofs that they are gifted with life by nature |
| 5 dog-fish |
| 6 fishes which are enclosed in a stony-shell |
| 7 sea-animals which have no sensation |
| 8 other animals which live in mud |
| 9 venomous sea-animals |
| 10 maladies of fishes |
| 11 generation of fishes |
| 12 fishes which are both oviparous & viviparous |
| 13 fishes belly of which opens in spawning, & then closes again |
| 14 fishes that have a womb |
| 15 those which impregnate themselves |
| 16 longest lives known among fishes |
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| 1 1st person that formed artificial oyster-beds |
| 2 who was 1st inventor of preserves for other fish |
| 3 who invented preserves for murenae |
| 4 who invented preserves for sea-snails |
| 5 l & -fishes |
| 6 mice of Nile |
| 7 how fish called anthias is taken |
| 8 sea-stars |
| 9 marvellous properties of dactylus |
| 10 anthipaties & sympathies that exist between aquatic animals |
| 11 summary |
| 12 Roman authors quoted |
| 13 foreign authors quoted |
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| 1 ostrich |
| 2 phoenix |
| 3 different kinds of eagles |
| 4 natural characteristics of eagle |
| 5 when eagle was 1st used as standard of Roman legions |
| 6 an eagle which precipitated itself on funeral pile of a girl |
| 7 vulture |
| 8 birds called sangualis & immusulus |
| 9 hawks |
| 10 buteo |
| 11 in what places hawks & men pursue chase in company with each other |
| 12 only bird that is killed by those of its own kind |
| 13 bird that lays only one egg |
| 14 kite |
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38 classification of birds
| 1 crows |
| 2 birds of ill omen |
| 3 at what season they are not inauspicious |
| 4 raven |
| 5 horned owl |
| 6 birds, race of which is extinct or of which all knowledge has been lost |
| 7 birds which are born with tail 1st |
| 8 owlet |
| 9 wood-pecker of Mars |
| 10 birds which have hooked talons |
| 11 peacock |
| 12 who was 1st to kill peacock for food |
| 13 who 1st taught art of cramming them |
| 14 dunghill cock |
| 15 how cocks are castrated |
| 16 a cock that once spoke |
| 17 goose |
| 18 who 1st taught us to use liver of goose for food |
| 19 Commagenian medicament |
| 20 chenalopex, cheneros, tetrao & oris |
| 21 cranes |
| 22 storks |
| 23 swans |
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| 1 Foreign birds which visit us |
| 2 swallows |
| 3 birds that take their departure from us, & whither they go |
| 4 birds which remains with us throughout year |
| 5 birds that remain with us only 6 or 3 months |
| 6 Memnonides |
| 7 Meleagrides |
| 8 Seleucides, ibis |
| 9 places in which certain birds are never found |
| 10 various kinds of birds which afford omens by their note |
| 11 birds which change their colour & their voice |
| 12 nightingale |
| 13 melancoryphus |
| 14 erithacus & phoenicurus |
| 15 oenan , chlorion, blackbird & ibis |
| 16 times of incubation of birds |
| 17 halcyones: halcyon days that are favourable to navigation |
| 18 other kinds of aquatic birds |
| 19 instinctive cleverness displayed by birds in construction of their nests |
| 20 wonderful works of swallow |
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40 acanthyllis & other birds
| 1 merops - partidges |
| 2 pigeons |
| 3 wonderful things done by them |
| 4 prices at which they have been sold |
| 5 different modes of flight & progression in birds |
| 6 birds called apodes or cypseli |
| 7 respecting food of birds - caprimulgus, platea |
| 8 instinct of birds - carduelis, taurus, anthus |
| 9 birds which speak - parrot |
| 10 pie which feeds on acorns |
| 11 sedition that arose among Roman people in consequence of a raven speaking |
| 12 birds of Diomedes |
| 13 animals that can learn nothing |
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41 mode of drinking with birds
| 1 porphyrio |
| 2 haematopous |
| 3 food of birds |
| 4 pelican |
| 5 foreign birds: phalerides, pheasant & numidicae |
| 6 phoenicopterus, attagen, phalacrocorax, pyrrhocorax & lagopus |
| 7 new birds |
| 8 vipio |
| 9 fabulous birds |
| 10 who 1st invented art of cramming poultry: why 1st Censors forbade this practice |
| 11 who 1st invented aviaries |
| 12 dish of Aesopus |
| 13 generation of birds: other oviparous animals |
| 14 various kinds of eggs & their nature |
| 15 defects in brood-hens & their remedies |
| 16 an augury derived from eggs by an empress |
| 17 best kinds of fowls |
| 18 diseases of fowls & their remedies |
| 19 when birds lay & how many eggs |
| 20 various kinds of herons |
| 21 what eggs are called hypenemia & what cynosura |
| 22 how eggs are best kept |
| 23 only winged animal that is viviparous & nurtures its young with milk |
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42 Terrestrial animals that are oviparous
| 1 various kinds of serpents |
| 2 generation of all kinds of terrestrial animals |
| 3 position of animals in uterus |
| 4 animals whose origin is still unknown |
| 5 salamanders |
| 6 animals which are born of beings that have not been born themselves - animals which are born themselves, but are not reproductive - animals which are of neither sex |
| 7 senses of animals - that all have senses of touch & taste - those which are more remarkable for their sight, smell or hearing - moles - whether oysters have sense of hearing |
| 8 which fishes have best hearing |
| 9 which fishes have finest sense of smell |
| 10 diversities in feeding of animals |
| 11 animals which live on poisons |
| 12 animals which live on earth - animals which will not die of hunger or thirst |
| 13 diversities in drinking of animals |
| 14 antipathies of animals |
| 15 proofs that they are sensible of frienship & other affections |
| 16 instances of affection shown by serpents |
| 17 sleep of animals |
| 18 what animals are subject to dreams:summary |
| 19 Roman authors quoted |
| 20 foreign authors quoted |
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