| Pliny the Elder, Natural History (English) (XML Header) [genre: prose] [word count] [lemma count] [Plin. Nat.]. | ||
| <<Plin. Nat. 18.87 | Plin. Nat. 18.88 (Latin) | >>Plin. Nat. 18.89 |
Nor, indeed, is it surprising that the aquatic birds, or any birds, in fact, should have a perception of the impending
changes of the atmosphere. Sheep, however, when they skip and frisk with their clumsy gambols, [Note] afford us similar prognostics; oxen, when they snuff upwards towards the sky, and lick [Note] themselves against the hair; unclean swine, when they tear to pieces the trusses of hay that are put for other animals; [Note] bees, when, contrary to their natural habits of industry, they keep close within the hive; ants, when they hurry to and fro, or are seen carrying forth their eggs; and earthworms, [Note] emerging from their holes—all these indicate approaching changes in the weather.
| Pliny the Elder, Natural History (English) (XML Header) [genre: prose] [word count] [lemma count] [Plin. Nat.]. | ||
| <<Plin. Nat. 18.87 | Plin. Nat. 18.88 (Latin) | >>Plin. Nat. 18.89 |
