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The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 2 (of 6)

Note 2799 — BOOK IX. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF FISHES. (continued 2)

John Bostock translation

Philostratus, Hist. B. v. c. 17, says that so full is it of eggs, that after it is dead they will more than fill a vessel far larger than the cavities of its head.

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