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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. V.


  LONDON:
  HENRY G. BOHN, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN.
  MDCCCLVI.




  J. BILLING, PRINTER AND STEREOTYPER (FROM WOKING),
  GUILDFORD, SURREY.




CONTENTS

OF THE FIFTH VOLUME.


BOOK XXIV.

  THE REMEDIES DERIVED PROM THE FOREST TREES.

  CHAP.                                                        Page

  1.   The antipathies and sympathies which exist among tre