Curious Facts in the History of Insects; Including Spiders and Scorpions. / A Complete Collection of the Legends, Superstitions, Beliefs, and Ominous Signs Connected with Insects; Together with Their Uses in Medicine, Art, and as Food; and a Summary of Their Remarkable Injuries and Appearances.

by Frank Cowan

[511.] Quot. in Brande’s Pop. Antiq., iii. 224.

[512.] Harwood’s Grec. Antiq., p. 200.

[513.] Stosch. Cl., ii. 227–8. Fosbr. Encycl. of Antiq., ii. 738.

[514.] Quot. in Brande’s Pop. Antiq., iii. 134.

[515.] The Mirror, xxx. 216.

[516.] Pilgrims, v. 542.

[517.] Theatr. Ins., 246. Topsel’s Hist of Beasts, p. 1079.

[518.] The valley seems to be so called from the great number of Ants which are found there. Some place it in Syria, and others in Tayeb.—Al Beidawi, Jallalo’ddin.

[519.] The Koran, p. 310. Translated by Geo. Sale.

[520.] Trav. in the Levant, Pt. I. p. 41.