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Amahut, a tree, 67.

Amazons, 23; their fate after their defeat by the Greeks, 24, 25; Sir John Mandeville’s account of them, 25, 26; called Medusæ, 85.

Ambergris, 222, 223.

Anclorus, the, 148.

Andrew, an Italian, 151.

Androgyni, tribe of, 11.

Animal lore, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71.

Ant, the, 71, 112, 332.

Antacæi (whales without spinal bones), 226.

Antelope, the, 145, 146.

Anthropophagi, 6, 9, 10, 18, 72.

Anthus, the, 71.

Anu, 80.

Apes, 65, 66.

Apocynon. See The Toad.

Apollonides, 12.

Apollonius, 58, 59.

Archelaüs, 21.

Archigene, 134.

Arctopithecus, the, or Bear-Ape, 55, 66.

Arimaspi, 8, 9.

Aristotle, 71, 105, 148, 156, 199, 201, 203, 248, 253, 262, 268, 286, 287, 323, 324, 331.

Artemidorus, 16.

Asbestos. See Salamander.

Astomi, a people with no mouths, and who subsist by smell, 15.

Ass, the, 70.

Ass, the Indian, 88.

Ass, the wild, 68.

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