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LIBER IX · CAPUT 1

WHY THE LARGEST ANIMALS ARE FOUND IN THE SEA

WHY THE LARGEST ANIMALS ARE FOUND IN THE SEA. Complete modern editorial illustration created specifically for this chapter.
WHY THE LARGEST ANIMALS ARE FOUND IN THE SEA · EDITORIAL PLATE IX.1 · modern editorial plate
WHY THE LARGEST ANIMALS ARE FOUND IN THE SEA. Complete modern editorial illustration created specifically for this chapter.

Latine · Mayhoff 1906

Animalium, quae terrestria appellavimus hominum quadam consortione degentia, indicata natura est. ex reliquis minimas esse volucres convenit. quam ob rem prius aequorum, amnium stagnorumque dicentur.

English · Bostock & Riley 1855–57

We have now given an account of the animals which we call terrestrial, and which live as it were in a sort of society with man. Among the remaining ones, it is well known that the birds are the smallest; we shall therefore first describe those which inhabit the seas, rivers, and standing waters.