Book viii

. Sect. 103._

Bears when first born are shapeless masses of white flesh a little larger than mice, their claws alone being prominent. The mother then licks them gradually into proper shape.[719-2]

_Natural History. Book viii . Sect. 126._

It is asserted that the dogs keep running when they drink at the Nile, for fear of becoming a prey to the voracity of the crocodile.[719-3]

_Natural History. Book viii . Sect. 148._

It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth.[719-4]

_Natural History.