Boys' and Girls' Pliny Vol. 3

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  • Bk. 5 Ch. 1 - The Dog: Examples of its Attachment to its Master
  • Bk. 5 Ch. 2 - The Horse
  • Bk. 5 Ch. 3 - The Ox
  • Bk. 5 Ch. 4 - The Egyptian Apis
  • Bk. 5 Ch. 5 - Sheep and their Wool
  • Bk. 5 Ch. 6 - Different Kinds of Cloths
  • Bk. 5 Ch. 7 - Goats
  • Bk. 6 Ch. 1 - Why the Largest Animals are Found in the Sea
  • Bk. 6 Ch. 2 - The Forms of the Tritons and Nereids
  • Bk. 6 Ch. 3 - The Balæna and the Orca
  • Bk. 6 Ch. 4 - Dolphins
  • Bk. 6 Ch. 5 - The Various Kinds of Turtles
  • Bk. 6 Ch. 6 - Distribution of Aquatic Animals into Various Species
  • Bk. 6 Ch. 7 - Fishes Valued for the Table
  • Bk. 6 Ch. 8 - Peculiar Fishes
  • Bk. 6 Ch. 9 - Bloodless Fishes
  • Bk. 6 Ch. 10 - Various Kinds of Shell-Fish
  • Bk. 6 Ch. 11 - Pearls
  • Bk. 6 Ch. 12 - The Nature of the Murex and the Purple
  • Bk. 6 Ch. 13 - Bodies which have a Third Nature, that of the Animal and Vegetable Combined
  • Bk. 6 Ch. 14 - The Shark
  • Bk. 6 Ch. 15 - Oyster-Beds, and Fish-Preserves
  • Bk. 6 Ch. 16 - Land-Fishes
  • Bk. 6 Ch. 17 - How the Fish Called the Anthias is Taken
  • Bk. 6 Ch. 18 - The Echeneis and the Torpedo
  • Bk. 6 Ch. 19 - The Instincts and Peculiarities of Fishes
  • Bk. 6 Ch. 20 - Coral
  • Bk. 6 Ch. 21 - The Various Kinds of Oysters
The Natural History of Pliny the Elder is one of the largest single works to have survived from the Roman Empire. The full work consists of 37 books, covering more than 20.000 topics ranging from astronomy and mathematics to botany and precious stones. The book became a model for later encyclopaedias and gives a fascinating overview of the state of scientific knowledge almost 2000 years ago. This version of the Natural History (or, the "Pliny") has been adapted for a younger audience. This third volume contains Book V (Domestic Animals) and Book VI (The Natural History of Fishes) out of a total of 9 books. - Summary by Foon

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