CONTENTS.

PAGES

INTRODUCTION.

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CHAPTER I.

HISTORIC SKETCH.

Holy Scriptures—Vedas—Egyptian Monuments—The Koran—Etymological Considerations—Literature of Subject—Aristotle—Philiscus—Pliny—Vergil—Columella—Other Classical Authors—Shakespeare—Modern Writers.

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CHAPTER II.

NATURAL HISTORY.