[224] For the purpose, probably, of assuaging the pain of tooth-ache by their coolness.
[225] See B. ix. cc. 40, 67.
[226] “Cetum.” See B. ix. cc. 40, 74.
[227] Ajasson is of opinion that here and in c. 19 Pliny has mistaken the otter for a serpent, the mammiferæ only having eye or canine teeth. Aristotle, Hist. Anim. B. i. c. i., calls the otter by the name of “Enhydris.” See B. xxx. c. 8, where Pliny speaks of the “Enhydris” as a “male white serpent.”
[228] Or seal. See B. ix. c. 15.
[229] See B. ix. c. 42. Holland calls the mæna the “cackerel.”
[230] Or sting-ray.
[231] See B. ix. c. 1.
[232] Much like the cod-liver oil, held in such high repute at the present day.