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The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 3

by the Elder Pliny (23–79)

254 chapters, about 170,000 words. The text is in the public domain in the United States and comes from Project Gutenberg.

Chapters

  1. Chapter 1 100 words
  2. THE VARIOUS KINDS OF INSECTS. 200 words
  3. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF TREES. 400 words
  4. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE CULTIVATED TREES. 600 words
  5. CHAP. 1. (1.)—THE EXTREME SMALLNESS OF INSECTS. 1,100 words
  6. CHAP. 3. (4.)—THE BODIES OF INSECTS. 300 words
  7. CHAP. 4. (5.)—BEES. 700 words
  8. CHAP. 7.—THE MEANING OF ERITHACE, SANDARACA, OR CERINTHOS. 400 words
  9. CHAP. 10. (10.)—THE MODE IN WHICH BEES WORK. 800 words
  10. CHAP. 11.—DRONES. 200 words
  11. CHAP. 12.—THE QUALITIES OF HONEY. 300 words
  12. CHAP. 13. (13.)—WHERE THE BEST HONEY IS PRODUCED. 1,500 words
  13. CHAP. 16.—THE REPRODUCTION OF BEES. 1,600 words
  14. CHAP. 19. (18.)—THE VARIOUS KINDS OF BEES. 500 words
  15. CHAP. 20.—THE DISEASES OF BEES. 300 words
  16. CHAP. 21.—THINGS THAT ARE NOXIOUS TO BEES. 500 words
  17. CHAP. 23.—METHODS OF RENEWING THE SWARM. 600 words
  18. CHAP. 25. (22.)—THE BOMBYX OF ASSYRIA. 1,400 words
  19. CHAP. 29.—THE GENERATION OF SPIDERS. 100 words
  20. CHAP. 30. (25.)—SCORPIONS. 700 words
  21. CHAP. 31. (26.)—THE STELLIO. 600 words
  22. CHAP. 33. (28.)—THE WINGS OF INSECTS.[111] 600 words
  23. CHAP. 35.—LOCUSTS. 900 words
  24. CHAP. 36. (30.)—ANTS. 500 words
  25. CHAP. 37. (32.)—THE CHRYSALIS. 100 words
  26. CHAP. 38. (33.)—ANIMALS WHICH BREED IN WOOD. 800 words
  27. CHAP. 43.—THE ANIMAL CALLED HEMEROBION. 1,400 words
  28. CHAP. 47.—THE HAIR. 300 words
  29. CHAP. 49.—THE BRAIN. 700 words
  30. CHAP. 51.—THE FACE, THE FOREHEAD, AND THE EYE-BROWS. 2,200 words
  31. CHAP. 57.—ANIMALS WHICH HAVE NO EYELIDS. 200 words
  32. CHAP. 59.—THE NOSTRILS. 1,100 words
  33. CHAP. 63.—WONDERFUL CIRCUMSTANCES CONNECTED WITH THE TEETH. 1,500 words
  34. CHAP. 67.—THE NECK; THE THROAT; THE DORSAL SPINE. 200 words
  35. CHAP. 68.—THE THROAT; THE GULLET; THE STOMACH. 200 words
  36. CHAP. 69.—THE HEART; THE BLOOD; THE VITAL SPIRIT. 1,600 words
  37. CHAP. 75.—THE PROPERTIES OF THE GALL. 400 words
  38. CHAP. 77.—THE DIAPHRAGM. THE NATURE OF LAUGHTER. 1,500 words
  39. CHAP. 83.—THE BLADDER: ANIMALS WHICH HAVE NO BLADDER. 700 words
  40. CHAP. 86.—THE MARROW: ANIMALS WHICH HAVE NO MARROW. 400 words
  41. CHAP. 88.—THE NERVE: ANIMALS WHICH HAVE NONE. 1,200 words
  42. CHAP. 93.—THE HIDE OF ANIMALS. 1,600 words
  43. CHAP. 97. (42.)—VARIOUS KINDS OF CHEESE. 400 words
  44. CHAP. 99.—THE FINGERS, THE ARMS. 200 words
  45. CHAP. 100. (44.)—RESEMBLANCE OF THE APE TO MAN. 100 words
  46. CHAP. 101. (45.)—THE NAILS. 200 words
  47. CHAP. 102.—THE KNEES AND THE HAMS. 400 words
  48. CHAP. 105.—THE GAIT, THE FEET, THE LEGS. 300 words
  49. CHAP. 106. (46.)—HOOFS. 200 words
  50. CHAP. 107. (47.)—THE FEET OF BIRDS. 500 words
  51. CHAP. 109.—THE SEXUAL PARTS.—HERMAPHRODITES. 200 words
  52. CHAP. 110.—THE TESTES—THE THREE CLASSES OF EUNUCHS. 200 words
  53. CHAP. 111. (50.)—THE TAILS OF ANIMALS. 200 words
  54. CHAP. 112. (51.)—THE DIFFERENT VOICES OF ANIMALS. 900 words
  55. CHAP. 113. (52.)—SUPERFLUOUS LIMBS. 200 words
  56. CHAP. 115. (53.)—RESPIRATION AND NUTRIMENT. 600 words
  57. CHAP. 117.—REASONS FOR INDIGESTION. REMEDIES FOR CRUDITY. 500 words
  58. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF TREES. 300 words
  59. CHAP. 2. (1.)—THE EARLY HISTORY OF TREES. 800 words
  60. CHAP. 5.—REMARKABLE FACTS CONNECTED WITH THE PLANE-TREE. 700 words
  61. CHAP. 7. (3.)—HOW THE CITRON IS PLANTED. 300 words
  62. CHAP. 8. (4.)—THE TREES OF INDIA. 500 words
  63. CHAP. 11.—THE INDIAN FIG. 300 words
  64. CHAP. 12. (6.)—THE PALA: THE FRUIT CALLED ARIENA. 1,300 words
  65. CHAP. 18.—TREES OF ARIANA, GEDROSIA, AND HYRCANIA. 500 words
  66. CHAP. 20.—TREES OF PERSIS. 700 words
  67. CHAP. 26.—NARD. THE TWELVE VARIETIES OF THE PLANT. 700 words
  68. CHAP. 27. (13.)—ASARUM, OR FOAL-FOOT. 200 words
  69. CHAP. 28.—AMOMUM.—AMOMIS. 300 words
  70. CHAP. 29.—CARDAMOMUM. 100 words
  71. CHAP. 30.—THE COUNTRY OF FRANKINCENSE. 500 words
  72. CHAP. 31.—THE TREES THAT BEAR FRANKINCENSE. 400 words
  73. CHAP. 32.—VARIOUS KINDS OF FRANKINCENSE. 1,200 words
  74. CHAP. 33. (15.)—MYRRH. 100 words
  75. CHAP. 34.—THE TREES WHICH PRODUCE MYRRH. 100 words
  76. CHAP. 35.—THE NATURE AND VARIOUS KINDS OF MYRRH. 600 words
  77. CHAP. 36. (17.)—MASTICH. 200 words
  78. CHAP. 37.—LADANUM AND STOBOLON. 700 words
  79. CHAP. 38.—ENHÆMON. 200 words
  80. CHAP. 39.—THE TREE CALLED BRATUS. 100 words
  81. CHAP. 40.—THE TREE CALLED STOBRUM. 400 words
  82. CHAP. 41. (18.)—WHY ARABIA WAS CALLED “HAPPY.” 300 words
  83. CHAP. 42. (19.)—CINNAMOMUM.[552] XYLOCINNAMUM. 1,100 words
  84. CHAP. 43.—CASSIA. 600 words
  85. CHAP. 46.—MYROBALANUM. 300 words
  86. CHAP. 47. (22.)—PHŒNICOBALANUS. 400 words
  87. CHAP. 49.—HAMMONIACUM. 200 words
  88. CHAP. 50.—SPHAGNOS. 400 words
  89. CHAP. 54. (25.)—BALSAMUM; OPOBALSAMUM; AND XYLOBALSAMUM. 1,300 words
  90. CHAP. 55.—STORAX. 400 words
  91. CHAP. 57. (26.)—PANAX. 200 words
  92. CHAP. 59.—MALOBATHRUM. 200 words
  93. CHAP. 60. (27.)—OMPHACIUM. 200 words
  94. CHAP. 61. (28.)—BRYON, ŒNANTHE, AND MASSARIS. 300 words
  95. CHAP. 63.—CINNAMON OR COMACUM. 200 words
  96. BOOK XIII. 1,900 words
  97. CHAP. 3.—DIAPASMA, MAGMA; THE MODE OF TESTING UNGUENTS. 800 words
  98. CHAP. 6.—THE PALM-TREE. 200 words
  99. CHAP. 7.—THE NATURE OF THE PALM-TREE. 1,000 words
  100. CHAP. 8.—HOW THE PALM-TREE IS PLANTED. 2,100 words
  101. CHAP. 12. (6.)—THE TEREBINTH.[831] 200 words
  102. CHAP. 13.—THE SUMACH-TREE. 400 words
  103. CHAP. 15.—THE FIG-TREE OF CYPRUS. 100 words
  104. CHAP. 16. (8.)—THE CAROB-TREE. 400 words
  105. CHAP. 18.—THE CUCUS. 200 words
  106. CHAP. 19.—THE EGYPTIAN THORN. 300 words
  107. CHAP. 20. (11.)—NINE KINDS OF GUM. THE SARCOCOLLA. 500 words
  108. CHAP. 22.—THE MODE OF MAKING PAPER. 300 words
  109. CHAP. 23. (12)—THE NINE DIFFERENT KINDS OF PAPER. 800 words
  110. CHAP. 25.—THE PECULIAR DEFECTS IN PAPER. 400 words
  111. CHAP. 27. (13.)—THE BOOKS OF NUMA. 600 words
  112. CHAP. 28. (14.)—THE TREES OF ÆTHIOPIA. 1,400 words
  113. CHAP. 32. (17.)—THE LOTUS. 800 words
  114. CHAP. 34.—NINE VARIETIES OF THE PUNIC APPLE. BALAUSTIUM. 400 words
  115. CHAP. 36.—THE TRAGION: TRAGACANTHE. 300 words
  116. CHAP. 38. (22.)—THE EUONYMOS. 400 words
  117. CHAP. 42.—THE FERULA. 200 words
  118. CHAP. 43.—THE THAPSIA. 600 words
  119. CHAP. 46. (24.)—THE ROYAL THORN. 100 words
  120. CHAP. 47.—THE CYTISUS. 800 words
  121. CHAP. 49.—THE SEA BRYON. 200 words
  122. CHAP. 50.—PLANTS OF THE RED SEA. 100 words
  123. CHAP. 51.—PLANTS OF THE INDIAN SEA. 600 words
  124. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE FRUIT TREES. 2,400 words
  125. CHAP. 4. (2.)—NINETY-ONE VARIETIES OF THE VINE. 4,300 words
  126. CHAP. 6.—THE MOST ANCIENT WINES. 700 words
  127. CHAP. 7. (5.)—THE NATURE OF WINES. 200 words
  128. CHAP. 8. (6.)—FIFTY KINDS OF GENEROUS WINES. 1,600 words
  129. CHAP. 9. (7.)—THIRTY-EIGHT VARIETIES OF FOREIGN WINES. 500 words
  130. CHAP. 10. (8.)—SEVEN KINDS OF SALTED WINES. 1,100 words
  131. CHAP. 12. (10.)—THREE VARIETIES OF SECOND-RATE WINE. 800 words
  132. CHAP. 15.—WINES DRUNK BY THE ANCIENT ROMANS. 900 words
  133. CHAP. 19.—SIXTY-SIX VARIETIES OF ARTIFICIAL WINE. 1,200 words
  134. CHAP. 20. (17.)—HYDROMELI, OR MELICRATON. 100 words
  135. CHAP. 21.—OXYMELI. 700 words
  136. CHAP. 24.—HOW MUST IS USUALLY PREPARED. 200 words
  137. CHAP. 25. (20.)—PITCH AND RESIN. 1,200 words
  138. CHAP. 27. (21.)—WINE-VESSELS—WINE-CELLARS. 600 words
  139. CHAP. 28. (22.)—DRUNKENNESS. 1,900 words
  140. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE FRUIT-TREES. 1,000 words
  141. CHAP. 4.—FIFTEEN VARIETIES OF OLIVES. 800 words
  142. CHAP. 5. (4.)—THE NATURE OF OLIVE OIL. 1,500 words
  143. CHAP. 8. (8.)—AMURCA. 800 words
  144. CHAP. 11.—SIX VARIETIES OF THE PEACH. 200 words
  145. CHAP. 12. (13).—TWELVE KINDS OF PLUMS. 300 words
  146. CHAP. 13.—THE PEACH. 1,100 words
  147. CHAP. 16. (15.)—FORTY-ONE VARIETIES OF THE PEAR. 2,200 words
  148. CHAP. 19. (18.)—TWENTY-NINE VARIETIES OF THE FIG. 800 words
  149. CHAP. 20.—HISTORICAL ANECDOTES CONNECTED WITH THE FIG. 400 words
  150. CHAP. 21.—CAPRIFICATION. 700 words
  151. CHAP. 22. (20.)—THREE VARIETIES OF THE MEDLAR. 100 words
  152. CHAP. 23. (21).—FOUR VARIETIES OF THE SORB. 100 words
  153. CHAP. 24. (22.)—NINE VARIETIES OF THE NUT. 800 words
  154. CHAP. 25. (23.)—EIGHTEEN VARIETIES OF THE CHESNUT. 400 words
  155. CHAP. 27.—THE FLESHY FRUITS. THE MULBERRY. 200 words
  156. CHAP. 28.—THE FRUIT OF THE ARBUTUS. 200 words
  157. CHAP. 29.—THE RELATIVE NATURES OF BERRY FRUITS. 300 words
  158. CHAP. 30. (25.)—NINE VARIETIES OF THE CHERRY. 300 words
  159. CHAP. 31. (26.)—THE CORNEL. THE LENTISK. 100 words
  160. CHAP. 32. (27.)—THIRTEEN DIFFERENT FLAVOURS OF JUICES. 300 words
  161. CHAP. 33. (28.)—THE COLOUR AND SMELL OF JUICES. 300 words
  162. CHAP. 34.—THE VARIOUS NATURES OF FRUIT. 800 words
  163. CHAP. 35. (29).—THE MYRTLE. 100 words
  164. CHAP. 36.—HISTORICAL ANECDOTES RELATIVE TO THE MYRTLE. 400 words
  165. CHAP. 37.—ELEVEN VARIETIES OF THE MYRTLE. 400 words
  166. CHAP. 38.—THE MYRTLE USED AT ROME IN OVATIONS. 200 words
  167. CHAP. 39. (30.)—THE LAUREL; THIRTEEN VARIETIES OF IT. 700 words
  168. CHAP. 40.—HISTORICAL ANECDOTES CONNECTED WITH THE LAUREL. 1,000 words
  169. CHAP. 1.—COUNTRIES THAT HAVE NO TREES. 800 words
  170. CHAP. 3. (4.)—THE ACORN OAK. THE CIVIC CROWN. 300 words
  171. CHAP. 4.—THE ORIGIN OF THE PRESENTATION OF CROWNS. 200 words
  172. CHAP. 5.—PERSONS PRESENTED WITH A CROWN OF LEAVES. 500 words
  173. CHAP. 6. (5.)—THIRTEEN VARIETIES OF THE ACORN. 300 words
  174. CHAP. 7. (6.)—THE BEECH. 100 words
  175. CHAP. 8.—THE OTHER ACORNS—WOOD FOR FUEL. 1,000 words
  176. CHAP. 9.—THE GALL-NUT. 500 words
  177. CHAP. 11. (8.)—CACHRYS. 300 words
  178. CHAP. 13.—AGARIC. 400 words
  179. CHAP. 15. (10.)—SHINGLES. 200 words
  180. CHAP. 16.—THE PINE. 200 words
  181. CHAP. 17.—THE PINASTER. 100 words
  182. CHAP. 18.—THE PITCH-TREE: THE FIR. 300 words
  183. CHAP. 19.—THE LARCH: THE TORCH-TREE. 800 words
  184. CHAP. 20.—THE YEW. 300 words
  185. CHAP. 22.—METHODS BY WHICH THICK PITCH IS PREPARED. 1,500 words
  186. CHAP. 25. (14.)—TWO VARIETIES OF THE LINDEN-TREE. 200 words
  187. CHAP. 26. (15.)—TEN VARIETIES OF THE MAPLE. 200 words
  188. CHAP. 27. (16.)—BRUSCUM: MOLLUSCUM; THE STAPHYLODENDRON. 200 words
  189. CHAP. 28.—THREE VARIETIES OF THE BOX-TREE. 300 words
  190. CHAP. 29. (17.)—FOUR VARIETIES OF THE ELM. 700 words
  191. CHAP. 32. (19.)—DIVISION OF TREES INTO VARIOUS SPECIES. 1,000 words
  192. CHAP. 36.—LEAVES WHICH TURN ROUND EVERY YEAR. 300 words
  193. CHAP. 38.—REMARKABLE FACTS CONNECTED WITH LEAVES. 700 words
  194. CHAP. 40.—TREES WHICH NEVER BLOSSOM. THE JUNIPER. 1,000 words
  195. CHAP. 42.—IN WHAT ORDER THE TREES BLOSSOM. 1,200 words
  196. CHAP. 48.—THE MODE IN WHICH TREES BEAR. 1,000 words
  197. CHAP. 52.—TREES WHICH BEAR VARIOUS PRODUCTS. CRATÆGUM. 600 words
  198. CHAP. 54.—THE BRANCHES OF TREES. 100 words
  199. CHAP. 55. (31.)—THE BARK OF TREES. 100 words
  200. CHAP. 56.—THE ROOTS OF TREES. 1,400 words
  201. CHAP. 60. (33.)—THE CYPRESS. 600 words
  202. CHAP. 62. (34.)—THE IVY.—TWENTY VARIETIES OF IT. 900 words
  203. CHAP. 63. (35.)—THE SMILAX. 2,200 words
  204. CHAP. 67.—THE VINE-DRESSERS’ REED. 200 words
  205. CHAP. 68.—- THE WILLOW: EIGHT VARIETIES OF IT. 500 words
  206. CHAP. 70.—RUSHES: CANDLE-RUSHES: RUSHES FOR THATCHING. 200 words
  207. CHAP. 71.—THE ELDER: THE BRAMBLE. 200 words
  208. CHAP. 72. (38.)—THE JUICES OF TREES. 400 words
  209. CHAP. 73.—THE VEINS AND FIBRES OF TREES. 600 words
  210. CHAP. 74.—THE FELLING OF TREES. 2,400 words
  211. CHAP. 77.—METHODS OF OBTAINING FIRE FROM WOOD. 1,400 words
  212. CHAP. 80. (41.)—VARIETIES OF THE TEREDO. 300 words
  213. CHAP. 81. (42.)—THE WOODS USED IN BUILDING. 400 words
  214. CHAP. 83. (43.)—WOODS UNITED WITH GLUE. 400 words
  215. CHAP. 84.—VENEERING. 800 words
  216. CHAP. 86.—TREES AS OLD AS THE CITY. 600 words
  217. CHAP. 90.—TREES WHICH ARE THE MOST SHORT-LIVED. 800 words
  218. CHAP. 94.—THE METHOD OF MAKING BIRDLIME. 100 words
  219. CHAP. 95.—HISTORICAL FACTS CONNECTED WITH THE MISTLETOE. 400 words
  220. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE CULTIVATED TREES. 6,300 words
  221. CHAP. 5. (9.)—THE EMPLOYMENT OF ASHES. 200 words
  222. CHAP. 6.—MANURE. 1,000 words
  223. CHAP. 8.—THE PROPER MODE OF USING MANURE. 200 words
  224. CHAP. 9. (10.)—THE MODES IN WHICH TREES BEAR. 200 words
  225. CHAP. 10.—PLANTS WHICH ARE PROPAGATED BY SEED. 200 words
  226. CHAP. 11.—TREES WHICH NEVER DEGENERATE. 600 words
  227. CHAP. 12.—PROPAGATION BY SUCKERS. 200 words
  228. CHAP. 13.—PROPAGATION BY SLIPS AND CUTTINGS. 200 words
  229. CHAP. 14.—SEED-PLOTS. 900 words
  230. CHAP. 15.—THE MODE OF PROPAGATING THE ELM. 400 words
  231. CHAP. 16.—THE HOLES FOR TRANSPLANTING. 1,900 words
  232. CHAP. 19.—THE DROPPINGS OF WATER FROM THE LEAVES. 500 words
  233. CHAP. 21.—TREES PROPAGATED FROM LAYERS. 400 words
  234. CHAP. 22. (14.)—GRAFTING: THE FIRST DISCOVERY OF IT. 200 words
  235. CHAP. 24.—THE VARIOUS KINDS OF GRAFTING. 1,300 words
  236. CHAP. 25.—GRAFTING THE VINE. 400 words
  237. CHAP. 26. (16)—GRAFTING BY SCUTCHEONS.[3029] 700 words
  238. CHAP. 27.—PLANTS WHICH GROW FROM A BRANCH. 300 words
  239. CHAP. 29. (18.)—THE CULTIVATION OF THE OLIVE. 2,200 words
  240. CHAP. 32. (20.)—WILLOW-BEDS. 300 words
  241. CHAP. 33.—REED-BEDS. 9,800 words
  242. CHAP. 37.—THE DISEASES OF TREES. 3,000 words
  243. CHAP. 38. (25.)—PRODIGIES CONNECTED WITH TREES. 600 words
  244. CHAP. 39. (26.)—TREATMENT OF THE DISEASES OF TREES. 400 words
  245. CHAP. 40.—METHODS OF IRRIGATION. 200 words
  246. CHAP. 41.—REMARKABLE FACTS CONNECTED WITH IRRIGATION. 100 words
  247. CHAP. 42. (27.)—INCISIONS MADE IN TREES. 100 words
  248. CHAP. 43.—OTHER REMEDIES FOR THE DISEASES OF TREES. 600 words
  249. CHAP. 45.—ERRORS THAT MAY BE COMMITTED IN PRUNING. 100 words
  250. CHAP. 46.—THE PROPER MODE OF MANURING TREES. 100 words
  251. CHAP. 47.—MEDICAMENTS FOR TREES. 1,300 words
  252. FOOTNOTES: 300 words
  253. [2293] A.U.C. 367. 200 words
  254. J. BILLING, PRINTER AND STEREOTYPER, WOKING, SURREY. 200 words

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