| Pliny the Elder, Natural History (English) (XML Header) [genre: prose] [word count] [lemma count] [Plin. Nat.]. | ||
| <<Plin. Nat. 9.25 | Plin. Nat. 9.26 (Latin) | >>Plin. Nat. 9.27 |
One singular propensity of the mullet [Note] has afforded a subject for laughter; [Note] when it is frightened, it hides its head, and fancies that the whole of its body is concealed. Their salacious propensities [Note] render them so unguarded, that in Phoenicia and in the province of Gallia Narbonensis, at the time of coupling,
a male, being taken from out of the preserves, is fastened to a long line, which is passed through his mouth and gills; he is then let go in the sea, after which he is drawn back again by the line, upon which the females will follow him to the very water's edge; and so, on the other hand, the male will follow the female, during the spawning season.
| Pliny the Elder, Natural History (English) (XML Header) [genre: prose] [word count] [lemma count] [Plin. Nat.]. | ||
| <<Plin. Nat. 9.25 | Plin. Nat. 9.26 (Latin) | >>Plin. Nat. 9.27 |
