INDEX.

Abarimoncountry of men with legs reversed, 9.

Acanthis, the, 70.

Accursius, 147.

Achillium. See Sponges.

Ædonaus, 287.

Ægipanæ, a name for Satyrs, 57.

Ægithus, the, 70, 71.

Ægopithecus, the, 55.

Ælianus, 88, 93, 96, 148, 158, 212, 280, 331.

Æsalon, the, 70.

Æsculapius, 148.

Ætolia, 280.

Agatharcides, 10, 16.

Aïnos, the, a hairy people of Japan, 50, 51.

Albertus, 93, 100, 252.

Albinos, 10.

Alciatus, 65.

Aldrovandus, 47, 48, 81, 97, 154, 170, 171, 172, 179, 180, 204, 228, 256, 262, 270, 302, 317.

Alexander, 146.

Alumnus, 100.

Amahut, a tree, 67.

Amazons, 23; their fate after their defeat by the Greeks, 24, 25; Sir John Mandeville’s account of them, 25, 26; called Medusæ, 85.

Ambergris, 222, 223.

Anclorus, the, 148.

Andrew, an Italian, 151.

Androgyni, tribe of, 11.

Animal lore, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71.

Ant, the, 71, 112, 332.

Antacæi (whales without spinal bones), 226.

Antelope, the, 145, 146.

Anthropophagi, 6, 9, 10, 18, 72.

Anthus, the, 71.

Anu, 80.

Apes, 65, 66.

Apocynon. See The Toad.

Apollonides, 12.

Apollonius, 58, 59.

Archelaüs, 21.

Archigene, 134.

Arctopithecus, the, or Bear-Ape, 55, 66.

Arimaspi, 8, 9.

Aristotle, 71, 105, 148, 156, 199, 201, 203, 248, 253, 262, 268, 286, 287, 323, 324, 331.

Artemidorus, 16.

Asbestos. See Salamander.

Astomi, a people with no mouths, and who subsist by smell, 15.

Ass, the, 70.

Ass, the Indian, 88.

Ass, the wild, 68.

Atergatis, 209.

Athenæus, 86.

Ausonius, 64.

Avicen, 72, 287.

B.

Baboons, 62.

Bacchantes, 80.

Bacchæ, a name for Satyrs, 56.

Baffin, 245.

Balæna, the, 239, 240.

Barnacle Goose, the, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179.

Bartlemew de Glanville, 231.

Basilisk, 156, 317, 318, 319, 321, 331.

Batrachites. See The Toad.

Bear, the, 68, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125148.

Bear-Ape. See Arctopithecus.

Bee, the, 112, 113, 332, 333.

Beeton, 10.

Bekenhawh, 189.

Bellonius, Petrus, 96.

Berosus, 79, 206.

Bevis of Hampton, 158.

Bird, Miss, 50.

Birds, peculiarities of, 204, 206.

Bishop-fish, the, 228, 230.

Boar, the wild, 69, 111, 139.

Boas, the, 289, 290, 291.

Bolindinata. See Bird of Paradise.

Boloma, the. See Dog-fish.

Bonosa, the, 193.

Bœothius, 228.

Borometz, the. See Lamb Tree.

Boscawen, W. St. Chad, 78.

Brazavolus, 94.

Bugil, the, 84.

Bull, the, and Bears, 109; and Wolves, 137.

Bustard, the, 148.

C.

Cadamustus, Aloisius, 278.

Cadmus, 64, 65.

Cæsar, Julius, 46, 47, 148.

Calf and Wolves, 137.

Calingæ, a tribe of India whose women conceive at the age of five years and die at eight, 17.

Callimachus, 285.

Calliphanes, 11.

Cambden, Mr., 144.

Camden, 177.

Camel, the, 148.

Canis Lucernarius, 150, 151.

Cardanus, Hieronimus, 53, 226, 287, 291, 305.

Cartazonon. See Unicorn.

Carthier, Jacques, 237.

Cat, the, 154, 155, 156.

Caterpillar, the, 71.

Catharcludi, a tribe in India, 14.

Catableponta, name for Gorgon, 84, 85, 318.

Cattle, curious, 23.

Cebi, the, 57.

Cellini, Benvenuto, 325, 326.

Centaurs, 65, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83.

Cephus, the, 74.

Cercopithecus, the, 52, 53.

Cetum Capillatum vel Crinitum. See Whale, Hairy.

Chameleon, the, 163.

Chimæra, the, 64, 170, 171.

Chiron, the Centaur, 79.

Chloræus, the, 69.

Choromandæ, a nation without a proper voice, 15.

Christie, Mr., on Palæolithic remains, 39.

Cicero, 12.

Circhos, the, 247.

Claudius, Emperor. See Orca.

Clayks. See Barnacle Geese.

Clement, Pope, 96.

Clitarchus, 16.

Cock, the, 156, 157.

Cock with serpent’s tail, 204, 205.

Cockatrice, the, 85, 317, 319, 320, 321, 322.

Cœlius, 77.

Condor, the, 183.

Conger Eel, the, 262.

Corocotta, the, 72.

Couret, M. de, 5.

Crab, the, 129, 267, 268.

Crane, the, 203.

Crannoges, 41.

Crates of Pergamus, 10, 17.

Crawford, John, 49.

Crayfish,267.

Cristotinius. See Lamia.

Crocodile, the, 311, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316, 317.

Crocotta, the, 159.

Cronos, or Hea, 79.

Crow, the, 70, 129, 130, 131.

Ctesias, 4, 14, 16, 71.

Cuvier, 185.

Cyclops, 7, 65.

Cynocephalus, the, 55, 56, 63.

Cyrni, the, who live 400 years, 15.

D.

Dædalus, H.M.S., 274, 275, 276.

Dagon, 209.

Damon, 12.

Darwin, Descent of Man, 1; Tailed men, 4; Shell-fish middens in Tierra del Fuego, 42.

Davis, Barnard, 50.

De Barri, Gerald, 174.

Deer and Bears, 109.

De Leo, Ronzo, 31.

Demetrius, 121, 237.

Democritus, 131, 285, 306.

Denbigh Worme, the. See Dragons.

Descent of Man, 1.

De Thaun, Philip, 91.

De Veer, Gerat, 177.

Devil Whale, the. See Trol Whale.

Dingo, the, 126.

Dinornis Giganteus. See Moa.

Dion, 77.

Dog, the, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154.

Dog-fish, the, 255.

Dog, the Mimic or Getulian, 150, 151.

Dolphin, the, 242, 243.

Dordogne, Palæolithic remains in caves at, 39.

Dormouse, the, 67.

Draco, 64.

Dracontopides. See Dragons.

Dragon, the, 158, 162, 293, 294, 295, 296, 297, 298, 299, 300, 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309, 310, 311.

Drake, Sir Francis, 177.

Du Bartas, 74, 168, 169, 179, 185, 186, 200, 202, 225, 230, 231, 243, 319.

Duck, the, 70; four-footed, 203.

Dugong, the, 213.

Duret, Claude, 166.

Dwarfs, with no mouth, 19; mentioned in the Bible, 26; Homer and the pygmies—battle with the Cranes, 26, 27, 28; only twenty-seven inches high, 28; their age, 28; Spurious pygmies, 28; Northern dwarfs, 29; in America, 29, 30, 31; African dwarfs, 31, 32; their acuteness, 33.

E.

Eagle, the, 69, 70.

Eale, the, 159, 160.

Echeneis, the. See Remora.

Edmund, St., 139, 140.

Eels, thirty feet long, 18.

Egede, Hans, 270.

Egemon, 280.

Egg, Remarkable, 179, 180.

Ehannum. See Lamia.

Eigi-einhamir. See Were Wolves.

Elephant, the, 100, 147, 163, 310, 311.

Elpis, 158.

Embarus, 123.

Emin Pacha, 32.

Empusæ. See Lamia.

Enchanters, families of, 11.

Epyornis maximus, 183.

Ethiopia, wonders of, 13.

Eudoxus, 15.

Euryale, 85.

F.

Fabricius, George, 61.

Falisci, or Hirpi, a tribe unharmed by fire, 12.

Farnesius, 90.

Fauns, 5, 56, 57, 60.

Ferrerius, Joannes, 95.

Fincelius, 146.

Fish, curious, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253.

Fish, senses of, 258, 259.

Flavianus, 243.

Florentinus, 287.

Footless birds. See Apodes

Formicæ Lions, 58.

Fox, the, 68, 70, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134.

Fridlevus, 293, 294.

Frobisher, Sir Martin, 245.

Frog, the, 68.

Frotho, 293.

G.

Gækwar129.

Gambarus, the, 244.

Gazelle, the, 67.

Geese, two-headed wild, 203.

Gellius, or Gyllius, Aulus, 158, 281, 302.

Geryon, 64.

Geskleithron, dwelling of one-eyed men, 8.

Gesner, 52, 97, 127, 179, 203, 212, 217, 226, 228, 229, 231, 233, 236, 244, 256, 262, 269, 305, 306, 312, 331.

Getulian Dog, the, 150, 151.

Giants, 13, 16, 17, 32; their stupidity, 33; their sobriety, 33; Starchaterus Thavestus, 33, 34, 35, 36; Giants mentioned in the Bible, 36; height of Adam, &c., 37; Gabbaras, 37; Posio and Secundilla, 37; Sir John Mandeville’s giants, 37, 38.

Gibson, Edmund, 177.

Giraldus Cambrensis, 77, 174, 175.

Gisbertus Germanus, 227, 228.

Gizdhubar, 78, 79, 80.

Glutton, the. See Gulo.

Goat, the, 128, 136.

Goblerus, Justinus, 306.

Gorgon, the, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87.

Gorgon blepen, sharp-sighted persons, 86.

Gould, Rev. S. Baring, 141.

Grevinus, 302.

Griffins, 8, 180, 181, 182, 183.

Gryphons, 8, 9, 181.

Guenon, the. See Haut.

Guillim, 89, 189.

Gulielmus Musicus, 305.

Gulo, the, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105.

Guy, Earl of Warwick, 157.

Gymnetæ, who live a hundred years, 16.

H.

Haafisch, the. See Dog-fish.

Haarwal, the. See Whale, Hairy.

Hakluyt, 237, 245.

Halcyon, the, 199, 200.

Hanno, 86.

Harald, King, 307, 308.

Hare, the, 68, 128.

Harmona, 64.

Harpe, the, a falcon, 70.

Harpy, the, 171, 172.

Hauser, Caspar, a wild man, 45.

Haut or Hauti, the, 66, 67.

Hawkins, Thos., 301, 302.

Hea, 79, 206, 207, 208, 209.

Hea-bani, 79, 80.

Hedgehog, the, 69, 111, 128.

Hegesidemus, 243.

Helcus, the. See Sea Calf.

Helen, 286.

Helladice, 208.

Hens, Woolly, 202.

Hentzner, Paul, 93.

Hermias, 243.

Herodotus, 8, 21, 23, 39, 140, 160, 226.

Heron, the, 70.

Hesiodus, 85.

Hippocentaur, the, 59.

Hippopotamus, the, 161, 312.

Hirpi, or Falisci, a tribe unharmed by fire, 12.

Hollerius, 331.

Homer, 75.

Hoopoe, the, 196.

Hornet, the,334.

Horse, the, 112, 138, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150.

Horstius, 227.

Hyæna, the, 74, 132.

Hydra, 64, 291, 292.

Hydrophobia, 152, 153.

I.

Ibis, the, 161.

Ichneumon, the, 70, 202, 315, 316.

Ichthyo Centaurus, the, 212.

Ierom, Saint, 59.

Illyrii, a tribe having fascination in their eyes, 12.

Incubi, 60.

India, Wonders of, 13.

Isodorus, 100.

Isogonus of Nicæa, 10, 11, 12, 15.

Istar, 80.

J.

James IV. and VI. of Scotland, 88.

Jeduah, the. See Lamb Tree.

Jerff. See Gulo.

Jocasta, 65.

Jochanan, Rabbi, 166.

Johnöen, Lars, 273.

Jovius, Paulus, 237.

Juba, 21.

Jugurtha, 86.

K.

Khumbaba, 79.

Kingfisher.Halcyon.

Kite, the, 69.

Kjökkenmöddings, 41, 42, 43, 44.

Kraken, the, 244, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266, 292.

L.

Lacus insanus, 23.

Laius, 65.

Lake dwellings, 39, 40, 41.

La Madelaine, Palæolithic remains at, 39.

Lamb tree, the, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170.

Lambri, Kingdom of, 5.

Lambton Worme, the. See Dragons.

Lamia, the, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78.

Lane, Mr., 218.

Langa, the, 225.

Lapithæ, 80.

Lapwing, the, 196, 197.

Lee, Henry, 165, 292.

Leech, the, 329, 330.

Lemnius, Levinus, 320.

Lenormant, M., 208.

Leone, Giovanni, 198, 201.

Leonine Monster, a, 227.

Leontophonus, the, 158.

Leontopithecus, the, 55.

Leopard, the, 138.

Leucrocotta, the (see also Manticora), 159, 160.

Leviathan, 218.

Licetus, 173, 179.

Licosthenes, 81, 146, 180.

Lilith. See Lamia.

Linton Worme, the. See Dragons.

Lion, the, 71, 88, 156, 157, 158, 159.

Livingstone, Dr., 31.

Livy, 9.

Lizards, flying, 302.

Lotophagi, Cattle of, 160.

Loup-garou. See Were Wolf.

Lucanus, 322.

Lucretius, 157.

Lycanthropy. See Were Wolf.

Lycaon. See Were Wolf.

Lynx, the, 129, 159.

M.

Machlyæ, the tribe of, are androgynous, 11.

Maclean, Rev. —, 271.

Macrobii, people who live four hundred years, 15, 16.

M‘Quhæ, Capt., 274, 275, 276.

Magalhaen, 190.

Magnus, Olaus, 29, 33, 104, 108, 127, 141, 176, 182,187, 188, 194, 214, 219, 221, 223, 227, 231, 232, 233, 236, 237, 241, 244, 245, 251, 255, 256, 260, 262, 264, 266, 269, 285, 293, 329, 332.

Manatee, 213.

Mandeville, Sir John, 17, 21, 25, 28, 37, 169, 175, 181, 202, 249, 312, 318.

Mandi, who live on locusts, 16.

Mandragora, 112.

Man-fish, 212, 213, 231.

Mani. See Sponges.

Manilius, Senator, 184.

Manticora, the, 71, 72, 73, 74, 159.

Maphoon, a hairy woman, 49, 50.

Mappa Mundi, 7, 17.

Marcellinus, 134.

Marcellus, 131, 133, 134, 140, 144, 174.

Marco Polo, 5, 28, 100, 182, 249, 324, 325.

Maricomorion, the. See Manticora.

Marion, the. See Manticora.

Marius, 86.

Marsi, the tribe of, 11.

Martlet, the, 189, 190.

Mechovita, 102, 237.

Megasthenes, 14, 15, 16.

Meir, Rabbi, 167.

Men, tailed, 4, 5, 17; one-eyed, 8, 18; with legs reversed, 9; with sea-green eyes, 10, 15; with white hair, 10, 14, 16; eat every other day, 10; those whose touch cures the sting of serpents, 10; saliva cures ditto, 10; testing the fidelity of wives by means of serpents, 11; possessing both sexes, 11; families of enchanters, 11; with the power of fascination in their eyes, 12; with two pupils in each eye, 12; whose bodies will not sink in water, 12; whose perspiration causes consumption, 12; the glance of women with double pupils in their eyes is noxious, 12; Indians never expectorate, and are subject to no pains, 13; Men eight feet high, 13, 16; with feet turned backwards, and eight toes, 14; with heads of dogs, 14; Women only pregnant once in their lives, 14, 16; Men with one leg, 14, 20; whose feet shade them from the sun, 14, 20; without necks, and eyes in their shoulders, 14, 19; large and small feet, 15; with holes in their faces instead of nostrils, and flexible feet, 15; with no mouths, who subsist by smell, 15; who live 400 years, 15; living on vipers, 16; with no shadow, 16; live to 130 years and never seem to get old, 16; who live 200 years, 16; do not live over 40 years, 16; who live on locusts, 16; Women bear children at seven years of age, 16; Women conceive at five years of age and die in their eighth year, 17; Men with ears which cover their bodies, 17; twelve feet high, 17; live on baboon’s milk, 17; green and yellow, 18; Men eating each other, 18; without eyes or nose, 19; with mouths in their shoulders, 19; cover their faces with their lips, 19; Dwarfs with no mouth, 19; with ears to their shoulders, 19; with horses’ feet, 19; go on all fours, 19; go on their knees, 19; live by the smell of wild apples, 19; covered with feathers, 20; Elephant-headed men, 20; feed on serpents and lizards, 21; Amazons, 23, 24, 25, 26; Pygmies, 26; their height, 28; Early men, 38; their skulls, 38; the Stone Age, 38; Bronze and Iron Ages, 39; Palæolithic remains in caves, 39; the Lake men, 39; early mention of them, 39; their food, 41; Kitchen middens, 41; their wide range, 41; Shell-fish middens in Tierra del Fuego, 42, 43; Danish middens, 44; Wild men, 41; Ancient Britons, 46, 47; Hairy men, 47, 49, 50, 51; Julia Pastrana, 47; Puella pilosa of Aldrovandus, 47, 48; Hairy people at Ava, 49, 50; the Aïnos of Japan, 50, 51; Moon Woman, 180.

Menippus, 74, 75, 76, 152.

Menismini, who live on baboon’s milk, 17.

Mentor, 158.

Mercuriall, 320.

Mermen and Mermaids, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214.

Meryx, the, 253.

Midas, 58.

Milo, Titus Annius, 251.

Milroy, General, 30.

Milton, 8, 218.

Mimick Dog, the, 150, 151.

Mirage, 17.

Moa, the, 181, 183.

Mole, the, 68.

Monboddo, Lord, 5.

Monk-fish, the, 228, 229.

Monoceros. See Unicorn, also Narwhal.

Monocoli, people having but one leg, 14.

Monster, a, 173.

Moon Woman, 180.

Mormolicæ. See Lamia.

Morse, the. See Walrus.

Moses Chusensis, 166.

Mucianus, 253.

Müenster, Sebastian, 177.

Murex, the, 253, 254.

Musculus, the, 226.

Myrepsus, 132, 134.

N.

Narwhal, the, 244, 245.

Nasomenes, the tribe of, 11.

Nebuchadnezzar, 78.

Nemæan Lion, 64.

Nereids, 210.

Niam Niams, 5.

Nicander, 302.

Nisus, the, 70.

Nymphæ, a name for Satyrs, 57.

Nymphodorus, 11.

O.

Oannes, or Hea, 206, 207, 208, 209.

Obadja, Rabbi, 167.

Octopus. See Kraken.

Odoricus, Friar, 170, 175.

Œdipus, 64, 65.

Olaus Magnus. See Magnus, O.

Onisecritus, 16.

Onocentaur, the, 56, 83.

Ophiogenes, 10.

Oppianus, 99, 119.

Orca, the, 239, 240, 241.

Osborne, the Royal Yacht, 276, 277.

Ostridge or Estridge, 148, 197, 198.

Ouran Outan, the, 51, 52.

Ourani Outanis, 4.

Ovid, 140.

Owl, the, 70.

Oxen and Wolves, 137, 138.

P.

Pan, the, a satyr, 55, 57.

Pan, the Sea, 212.

Pandore, live two hundred years, 16.

Panther, the, 162.

Paradise, Birds of, 190, 191.

Parkinson, John, 168.

Pastrana, Julia, a hairy woman, 47.

Pausanias, 65.

Pelican, the, 200, 201.

Pegasus, the, 159.

Pergannes, 16.

Peter, the wild boy, 45.

Peter Martyr, 4.

Petronius, 140.

Phalangium, the, 68, 70, 161.

Pharnaces, a tribe whose perspiration causes consumption, 12.

Philostratus, 58.

Phœnix, the, 183, 184, 185, 186.

Pholus, the Centaur, 80.

Phylarcus, 12.

Physeter, the, 215, 216, 217.

Pierius, 302.

Pitan, a tribe living on the smell of wild apples, 19.

Pithocaris, 139.

Plato, 194.

Plesiosaurus, the, 300, 301.

Pliny, 5, 7, 8, 9, 17, 21, 22, 23, 26, 27, 53, 57, 67, 72, 81, 86, 87, 88, 105, 124, 127, 131, 133, 140, 148, 158, 161, 183, 193, 198, 199, 204, 210, 239, 242, 251, 253, 256, 264, 267, 285, 286, 287, 288, 306, 313, 318, 324, 327, 329, 330, 332.

Plutarch, 151, 281.

Polydamna, 286.

Polypus, the. See Kraken.

Poæius, Paulus, 95.

Pomponius, Mela, 140.

Pontoppidan, Erik, 261, 270.

Ponzettus, 154.

Pope, Alex., 26.

Postdenius, 282.

Prister, the, 215, 220.

Psylli, a race whose saliva cures the sting of serpents, 10.

Pterodactyl, the, 302.

Ptolemy, 5.

Ptolemy, King, 151.

Purchas, his Pilgrimage, 29, 177.

Pygmies. See Dwarfs.

Pygmæogeranomachia, a poem on the battle between the Pygmies and the Cranes, 26.

Pyrallis, the, 70. See also Salamander.

Pyrausta. See Salamander.

Pyrrhus, King, His right great toe cured diseases of the spleen, 13.

R.

Rabbit, the, 68.

Rasis, 156.

Raven, the, 69, 70, 163.

Ravenna, Monster at, 173, 174.

Ravisius, Textor, 180.

Ray, the, 255.

Rayn, the, 197.

Regnerus, 294, 295.

Reineke Fuchs, 126.

Remora, the, 253, 254.

Rhinoceros, 89, 97, 98, 99, 100.

Robinson, Phil, 129.

Rodocanakis, 188, 189.

Rondeletius, 227.

Rosmarus, the. See Walrus.

Rossamaka, the. See Gulo.

Ruc, Rukh, or Rok. See Griffin.

S.

Sahab, the, 247.

St. John, Mr., 5.

Salamander, 323, 324, 325, 326.

Salusbury, John, 300.

Sargon, 209, 268.

Satyr, the, 14.

Satyr, the classical, 53, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60.

Satyrs, 55, 56, 61, 62.

Saw Fish, the, 239.

Saxo, 33, 34, 177.

Scaliger, 131, 317, 321.

Scarus, the, 253.

Schilt-bergerus, 284.

Sciapodæ, men whose feet shade them from the sun, 14.

Scirti, a name for Satyrs, 57.

Scorpion, the, 69, 330, 331, 332.

Scott, Sir Walter, 270, 271.

Scyritæ, a tribe in India with holes in their faces instead of nostrils, and flexible feet, 15.

Sea Animals, various, 231.

Sea Calves, 116, 232, 233.

Sea-Cow, the, 232.

Sea Demon, 212.

Sea Dragon, the, 256.

Sea Hare, 132, 234.

Sea-Horse, the, 233, 234.

Seamew, the, 70.

Sea-Mouse, the, 234.

Sea-Nettle, the, 259, 260.

Sea-Pig, the, 235.

Sea Rhinoceros, the. See Narwhal.

Sea Satyr, 212.

Sea Serpent, the, 268, 269, 270, 271, 272, 273, 274, 275, 276, 277.

Sea Unicorn, the. See Narwhal.

Seal, the. See Sea Calves.

Segonius, 321.

Seneca, 313.

Sennacherib, 209.

Seræ, who live four hundred years, 15.

Serpeda de Aqua, 291.

Serpents, bite of, cured by men’s saliva, 10; ditto by odour of men, 11; test of fidelity of wives, 11; destroy strangers, 69; war with Weasels and Swine, 70; killed by Spiders, 71; and Cats, 154, 155, 156; and Mice, 156; and Lions, 156; cure for bite of, 161; take medicine, 162; the Indian, a kind of whale, 226, 227; and Crabs, 267, 268; charming them, 278, 279; their loves, 280, 281; talking, 281; size, 281, 282; their coldness, 283, 284; pugnacity, 284, 285; their antipathies, 285, 286, 287; as medicine, 288, 289.

Servius, 171.

Sextus, 134, 138.

Shrew mouse, the, 68, 70.

Shu-Maon, a hairy man, 49.

Sicinnis, Sicinnistæ, a name for Satyrs, 57.

Sidetes, 140.

Sileni, a name for Satyrs, 56, 57.

Simeon, Rabbi, 166, 167, 168.

Simia Satyrus, the, 52, 53, 54, 56.

Simiinæ, the, 51.

Simocatus, 286.

Sindbad the Sailor, 218.

Siren, the, 172, 173.

Sluper, John, 7, 45, 65, 229.

Snow Birds, 191, 192, 193.

Solinus, 58, 313.

Solyman, Sultan, 96.

Somerville, Sir John, 298, 299, 300.

Sow, 135, 136.

Spenser, 88, 158, 312.

Spermaceti Whale, the, 222.

Sphyngium, the, 53.

Sphynx or Sphynga, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 159.

Spider, the, 69, 70, 71.

Sponges, 260, 261.

Spratt, 171.

Stag, the, 68, 69, 163.

Stanley, H. M., 31, 32.

Starchaterus Thavestus, a giant, 33, 34, 35.

Steingo, a name for a Gorgon, 85.

Stheno, 85.

Sting-ray, the, 256, 257.

Stork, the, 162, 200, 201.

Stow, John, 231.

Strabo, 314.

Struthpodes, a tribe with small feet, 15.

Stumpsius, 308.

Su, the, 163, 164, 165.

Suidas, 65, 146.

Swallow, the, 161, 186, 187, 188, 189.

Swamfisck, the, 245, 246, 247.

Swan, the, 69, 193, 194.

Swine, 70, 148, 156.

Swordfish, the, 238, 239.

Sylla, 58.

Syrbotæ, men twelve feet high, 17.

T.

Tantalus apples, 75.

Tauron, 15.

Tavernier, 191.

Tennent, Sir J. E., 213.

Teüfelwal, the. See Trol Whale.

Thenestus, 163.

Theophrastus, 106, 118, 119.

Thibii, a tribe having two pupils to each eye, 12.

Thos, the, 71.

Thresher-Whale, the. See Orca.

Tiles, shower of baked, 251.

Toad, the, 326, 327, 328.

Topazos, a beautiful stone, 21, 22.

Topsell, Edward, 53, 55, 66, 74, 83, 91, 92, 94, 97, 99, 104, 127, 131, 145, 146, 154, 163, 270, 278, 282, 288, 289, 291, 302, 306, 308, 312, 313, 317, 325, 326, 327, 331.

Tortoise, the, 161.

Traconyt, a beautiful stone, 21.

Tragi. See Sponges.

Tranquillus, 147.

Trebius, the, 252.

Trebius Niger, 254, 264, 266.

Triballi, a tribe having the power of fascination with their eyes, 12.

Triorchis, the, a hawk, 70.

Trispithami, a race three spans high, 27.

Trithemius, 144.

Tritons, 65, 210.

Trochilus, the, 70, 201, 202.

Troglodytæ, dwellers in caves, 14; their swiftness, 17; their remains, 20; feed on serpents and lizards, 21; their commerce, 22.

Trol Whale, the, 217.

Trygon, the. See Sting-ray.

Turtles, horned, 23.

Turtle-dove, the, 70.

Tytiri, a name for Satyrs, 56.

Tzetzes, 93.

U.

Unicorn, the, 74, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97. See also Rhinoceros.

Urchin, the, 128.

V.

Valentyn, 213.

Varinus, 64.

Varro, 10.

Versipellis. See Were Wolves.

Vespasian, 151.

Vielfras, the. See Gulo.

Villanonanus, Arnoldus, 287.

Vipers, flesh of, causing longevity, 16.

Virgil, 140.

Vishnu, 209.

Volateran, 282.

W.

Wallace, A. R., 52.

Walrus, the, 235, 236, 237, 238.

Wantley, Dragon of. See Dragons.

Wasp, the, 70.

Weasel, the, 68, 70, 163.

Webbe, Edward, 250.

Webber, Romance of Natural History, 30.

Were Wolves, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144.

Whale, the, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227.

Whale, the hairy, 226.

Whaup, the. See Lapwing.

Whirlpool, the, 215, 220.

Williams, Edward, 189.

Woodcock, the, 69.

Wolf, the, 68, 131, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 148.

Wolff, G. E., 31.

Wolverine, the. See Gulo.

Wood, E. J., book on Giants and Dwarfs, 29.

Wood, W. Martin, 50.

“Wormes.” See Dragons.

X.

Xenophon, 86.

Y.

Youle, Captain Henry, 49.

Z.

Zahn, Joannes, 4, 144, 165, 173, 248.

Zaidu, 79.

Zebra, 146, 147.

Ziphius, the, 238, 239.

Zoophytes, 259, 260.

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