CONTENTS.

INTRODUCTION.

CHAP. I.

CHAP. II.

CHAP. III.

CHAP. IV.

CHAP. V.

CHAP. VI.

CHAP. VII.

CHAP. VIII.

CHAP. IX.

CHAP. X.

CHAP. XI.

CHAP. XII.

CHAP. XIII.

CHAP. XIV.

CHAP. XV.

CHAP. XVI.

CHAP. XVII.

CHAP. XVIII.

CHAP. XIX.

CHAP. XX.

CHAP. XXI.

CHAP. XXII.

CHAP. XXIII.

CHAP. XXIV.

CHAP. XXV.

CHAP. XXVI.

CHAP. XXVII.

CHAP. XXVIII.

CHAP. XXIX.

CHAP. XXX.

CHAP. XXXI.

CHAP. XXXII.

CHAP. XXXIII.

CHAP. XXXIV.

CHAP. XXXV.

CHAP. XXXVI.

CHAP. XXXVII.

CHAP. XXXVIII.

CHAP. XXXIX.

CHAP. XL.

CHAP. XLI.

CHAP. XLII.

CHAP. XLIII.

CHAP. XLIV.

CHAP. XLV.

CHAP. XLVI.

CHAP. XLVII.

CHAP. XLVIII.

CHAP. XLIX.

CHAP. L.

CHAP. LI.

CHAP. LII.

CHAP. LIII.

CHAP. LIV.

CHAP. LV.

CHAP. LVI.

CHAP. LVII.

CHAP. LVIII.

CHAP. LIX.

CHAP. LX.

CHAP. LXI.

CHAP. LXII.

CHAP. LXIII.

CHAP. LXIV.

CHAP. LXV.

CHAP. LXVI.

CHAP. LXVII.

CHAP. LXVIII.

CHAP. LXIX.

CHAP. LXX.

CHAP. LXXI.

CHAP. LXXII.

CHAP. LXXIII.

CHAP. LXXIV.

CHAP. LXXV.

CHAP. LXXVI.

CHAP. LXXVII.

CHAP. LXXVIII.

CHAP. LXXIX.

CHAP. LXXX.

CHAP. LXXXI.

CHAP. LXXXII.

CHAP. LXXXIII.

CHAP. LXXXIV.

CHAP. LXXXV.

CHAP. LXXXVI.

CHAP. LXXXVII.

ADDENDA TO THE CURIOSITIES RESPECTING MAN .

THE BOOK OF CURIOSITIES

GROTTO DEL CANI.
p. 446.

Engraved for the Book of Curiosities.
p. 877.

THE

BOOK OF CURIOSITIES:

CONTAINING

TEN THOUSAND

WONDERS AND CURIOSITIES

OF

NATURE AND ART;

AND OF

Remarkable and Astonishing PLACES, BEINGS, ANIMALS, CUSTOMS,
EXPERIMENTS, PHENOMENA, etc., of both Ancient
and Modern Times, on all Parts of the GLOBE: comprising
Authentic Accounts of the most WONDERFUL
FREAKS of NATURE and ARTS of MAN.

BY THE REV. I. PLATTS.

FIRST AMERICAN EDITION.

COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME.

PHILADELPHIA:
PUBLISHED BY LEARY & GETZ.
1854.