The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 2 (of 6) by the Elder Pliny

Chapter 1

The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 2 (of 6) This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org. If you are not located in the United States, you will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this eBook. Title: The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 2 (of 6) Author: the Elder Pliny Translator: John Bostock Henry T. Riley Release date: September 3, 2019 [eBook #60230] Most recently updated: October 17, 2024 Language: English Other information and formats: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/60230 Credits: Produced by Turgut Dincer, Tony Browne, Stephen Rowland and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) *** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE NATURAL HISTORY OF PLINY, VOLUME 2 (OF 6) *** Transcriber’s Notes:— Italic text is denoted _thus_. The spelling, hyphenation, punctuation and accentuation are as the original, except for apparent typographical errors which have been corrected. Further notes can be found at the end of the book. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF PLINY. TRANSLATED, WITH COPIOUS NOTES AND ILLUSTRATIONS BY THE LATE JOHN BOSTOCK, M.D., F.R.S., AND H. T. RILEY, Esq., B.A., LATE SCHOLAR OF CLARE HALL, CAMBRIDGE. VOL. II. LONDON: HENRY G. BOHN, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN. MDCCCLV. J. BILLING, PRINTER AND STEREOTYPER, WOKING, SURREY. CONTENTS. OF THE SECOND VOLUME.