The Boys' and Girls' Pliny Vol. 4


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The Natural History of Pliny the Elder is one of the largest single works to have survived from the Roman Empire. The full work consists of 37 books, covering more than 20.000 topics ranging from astronomy and mathematics to botany and precious stones. The book became a model for later encyclopaedias and gives a fascinating overview of the state of scientific knowledge almost 2000 years ago. This version of the Natural History (or, the "Pliny") has been adapted for a younger audience. This fourth volume contains Book VII (The Natural History of Birds) and Book VIII (The Various Kinds of Insects) out of a total of 9 books. - Summary by Foon (2 hr 39 min)

Chapters

Bk. 7 Ch. 1 – The Ostrich 2:28 Read by Foon
Bk. 7 Ch. 2 – The Phoenix 3:39 Read by Foon
Bk. 7 Ch. 3 – The Eagle 9:41 Read by Foon
Bk. 7 Ch. 4 – The Vulture and the Hawk 7:38 Read by Foon
Bk. 7 Ch. 5 – The Crow, the Raven, and the Owl 4:43 Read by Foon
Bk. 7 Ch. 6 – The Woodpecker of Mars 3:22 Read by Foon
Bk. 7 Ch. 7 – The Peacock and the Rooster 6:19 Read by Foon
Bk. 7 Ch. 8 – The Goose 2:46 Read by Foon
Bk. 7 Ch. 9 – Cranes 2:30 Read by Foon
Bk. 7 Ch. 10 – Storks and Swans 3:33 Read by Foon
Bk. 7 Ch. 11 – Foreign Birds which Visit Us 4:47 Read by Foon
Bk. 7 Ch. 12 – Swallows 1:55 Read by Foon
Bk. 7 Ch. 13 – Birds which take their Departure from Us in Winter 6:35 Read by Foon
Bk. 7 Ch. 14 – The Nightingale 4:56 Read by Foon
Bk. 7 Ch. 15 – The Halcyons: the Halcyon Days that are Favorable to Navigation 2:43 Read by Foon
Bk. 7 Ch. 16 – The Instinctive Cleverness Displayed by Birds in the Constructio… 3:14 Read by Foon
Bk. 7 Ch. 17 – The Acanthyllis and the Partridge 5:21 Read by Foon
Bk. 7 Ch. 18 – Pigeons 5:25 Read by Foon
Bk. 7 Ch. 19 – Different Modes of Flight and Progression in Birds 4:01 Read by Foon
Bk. 7 Ch. 20 – Strange and Fabulous Birds 15:01 Read by C. Roxanne Maxwell
Bk. 7 Ch. 21 – The Art of Cramming Poultry; Aviaries 4:03 Read by C. Roxanne Maxwell
Bk. 7 Ch. 22 – Peculiarities of Animals 9:40 Read by C. Roxanne Maxwell
Bk. 8 Ch. 1 – The Extreme Smallness of Insects 5:00 Read by C. Roxanne Maxwell
Bk. 8 Ch. 2 – Whether Insects Breathe, and Whether they have Blood 4:12 Read by Rachel May Ferriman
Bk. 8 Ch. 3 – Bees 5:23 Read by Rachel May Ferriman
Bk. 8 Ch. 4 – The Mode in which Bees Work 8:15 Read by Rachel May Ferriman
Bk. 8 Ch. 5 – The Mode of Government of the Bees 4:07 Read by Rachel May Ferriman
Bk. 8 Ch. 6 – Wasps and Hornets 2:04 Read by Andrew Gaunce
Bk. 8 Ch. 7 – The Silk-Worm 2:27 Read by Andrew Gaunce
Bk. 8 Ch. 8 – Spiders 5:02 Read by Ruth P.
Bk. 8 Ch. 9 – Locusts 4:44 Read by Ruth P.
Bk. 8 Ch. 10 – Ants 4:08 Read by Ruth P.