[116] See B. viii. c. 41, B. x. c. 95, and B. xi. cc. 24, 28, 29.
[117] See B. ix. cc. 71, 86, and c. [53] of the present Book.
[119] Rondelet asserts, B. vi. c. 19, that he himself had cured the sting of the sea-dragon by an application of the liver of that fish.
[120] See B. xxix. c. 32.
[121] See B. viii. c. 35, B. xi. c. 43, and B. xvi. c. 80.
[122] See B. xxiii. c. 29.
[123] Nicander, in his Theriaca, classes the Elops among the innocuous serpents. In B. ix. c. 27, we are informed that one name given to the Acipenser was “Elops.” But see the remark made in c. [54] of this Book.
[124] See B. xxiii. c. 80.
[125] From c. [53] of the present Book, we learn that the Sarda was a kind of Pelamis, or young tunny, which was pickled, like our Anchovy.