[2561] See c. 33 of this Book.
[2562] The common weasel.
[2563] Probably in his work entitled “Admiranda,” now lost. Holland says “some take these for our cats.”
[2564] Guettard, a French commentator on Pliny, recommends bugs to be taken internally for hysteria!
[2565] Perhaps the Cimex pratensis is meant here. Neither this nor the Cimex juniperinus, the Cimex brassicæ, or the Lygæus hyoscami has the offensive smell of the house bug.
[2566] An excellent method, Ajasson remarks, of adding to the tortures of the patient.
[2567] This is the fact.
[2568] See B. viii. c. 33.
[2569] The Magi of the East, probably.
[2570] Some serpent of the boa species, probably. See B. viii. cc. 13, 14, 22, 41, and B. x. cc. 5, 92, 95, 96.