Curious Creatures in Zoology

by John Ashton

INDEX.

• Abarimon
• , country 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].
  • their fate after their defeat by the Greeks, [24], [25];
  • Sir John Mandeville’s account of them, [25], [26];
  • called Medusæ, [85].
• Amazons, [23];
• 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], [125]
• , [148].
• 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].
  • and Wolves, [137].
• Bull, the, and Bears, [109];
• 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.
• Gækwar
• of Baroda, [129].
• 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].
  • 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].
• Giants, [13], [16], [17], [32];
• 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,
• 333, [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.
• See [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].
  • 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].
• Men, tailed, [4], [5], [17];
• 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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Transcriber's Notes.

Punctuation has been standardised, and simple typographical errors have been repaired. Hyphenation, quotation mark usage, and obsolete/variant spelling have been preserved as printed. The following changes have also been made:

• [Page 62], beasts => breasts (having the breasts of women)
• [Page 87], eartd => earth (downeward to the earth)
• [Page 135], nor => not (for they spare not man nor beast)
• [Page 141], Greeks => Greek (from two Greek words)
• [Page 230], tiltre => titre (hōneur et titre)
• [Page 262], added "the" (On the next page is a huge calamary)
• [Page 337], Abamiron => Abarimon
• [Page 340], Gaekwar => Gækwar